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    Networking events in reach for small town small biz

    ByBecky McCray March 5, 2008August 27, 2014

    Small town entrepreneurs around Charlotte, NC, Miami or Orlando: Our friend Shashi B let us know about some small business networking events organized by Network Solutions in your area. Network Solutions is organizing a networking events for Small Business in Miami. FL (March 19th), Charlotte, NC (March 25th) & Orlando, FL ( April 9th) We…

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  • entrepreneurship | ideas

    The best way to get new ideas

    ByBecky McCray March 4, 2008August 27, 2014

    Today, I sat down with nonprofit staff members to generate ideas for them to reach more people and sell specific merchandise. With three of us, we filled two pages with ideas, and we each shared more insights and knowledge than any of us alone had started with. We could have had these ideas any time,…

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    Resources: Small Wander and V.Blog

    ByBecky McCray February 29, 2008August 27, 2014

    Two new sites for small town small business people: V.Blog – Another Oklahoma small business blog! Dan Patino emailed me about his new site: V.blog is a blog focused primarily on Small Business. Providing information on how to develop,build, and grow a small business. Discussions focus on Supplier Management, Health Insurance, Non-Profit Support, Technology, Financial…

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  • entrepreneurship | failure | success

    Five common mistakes

    ByBecky McCray February 21, 2008August 27, 2014

    (Editor’s Note: Sam Carpenter offered this guest post on common mistakes. These certainly apply to small town small businesses, too.) Five Common Mistakes People Make When Starting Up a Small Business And How to Steer Clear of Them By Sam Carpenter Whether you’ve established a small business, are in the midst of launching one, or…

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    Failure is the secret to entrepreneurial success

    ByBecky McCray February 18, 2008August 27, 2014

    Failure itself is not the secret to succeeding. Learning and improving by trying and doing, or learning from failure, is the secret to succeeding as an entrepreneur. If you are not trying new things, your business is stagnating. Of course, not everything you try will work. Some efforts will be a big hit, and some…

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    Business school for blogging

    ByBecky McCray February 14, 2008August 27, 2014

    I’m going to a business school for blogging, SOBCon08. This year’s event tracks entrepreneur bloggers and corporate bloggers alike, with an innovative format and a stellar cast of speaker/instructors. PurposeThe SOBCon08 program guarantees to send each attendee home with a Business Action Plan that can be immediately executed for measurable success. The “mastermind” teams in…

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    Tool: Directions via text message

    ByBecky McCray February 7, 2008August 27, 2014

    Editor’s Note: Tuyen Ho emailed this comment to me. Sounds like a very useful tool for small business people. I’d love to get feedback from anyone who tries it. Hi Becky, I read your 1/18 blog post re: Gene Marks “can’t make these technologies work” piece. You mentioned a few mobile services like Jott. I’d…

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    Business advice from Twitter-heads

    ByBecky McCray February 5, 2008August 27, 2014

    My friends on Twitter are a pretty sharp group. I’m always marking tweets as favorites because of the great ideas and great tools we share with each other. Annie Boocio “Banannie7” asked just the other day, “hey twitter, write a blog post for me wouldja? kthxbai” If you’ve seen my other Twitter tweet compilations*, you…

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