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    Joining Grasshopper New Media

    ByBecky McCray July 25, 2006August 27, 2014

    Small Biz Survival has been invited to join Grasshopper New Media! And, yes, we have accepted. This is a project of our blog friend Chris Brogan. The idea is to consolidate audio and video content from a number of different quality producers into a single source. We’ll be contributing on small business, rural issues, and…

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    New profiles coming up

    ByBecky McCray July 24, 2006August 27, 2014

    Over the coming week, watch for some profiles of small business owners. At the recent national conference of Business and Professional Women/USA, I took time to interview a couple of interesting business women to share with you. Now if Jeanne (OkieJ) and I can just recover from that train ride home… New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take…

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    Podcast: One Universal Truth of Small Business

    ByBecky McCray July 18, 2006July 8, 2017

    Just another day at the office for Vaughan Fulton, owner of Classic Safaris. small biz rural entrepreneurship attitude podcast audio New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Subscribe.

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    Resource: Avoiding new business stumbling blocks

    ByBecky McCray July 18, 2006August 27, 2014

    A new business is exhilirating, but can also be frightening. So many wonderful possibilities, and yet so many potential stumbling blocks! Plus, being in a small town or rural area seems to magnify everything. If you could know about some of the common stumbling blocks before you hit them, you could either take action to…

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    Quote: Failure is healthy and inevitable

    ByBecky McCray July 12, 2006August 27, 2014

    The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top. Dr. Joyce Brothers Found at the Business Opportunities Blog small biz rural entrepreneurship success failure New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Subscribe.

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    Thank you, Maesz!

    ByBecky McCray July 11, 2006August 27, 2014

    Everyone join me in giving a huge and public thank you to Maesz for all the work while I was gone. She logged in and posted all those entries for me over the last three weeks, and I really appreciate it! small biz rural entrepreneurship New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you…

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    POV – We just quit our jobs

    ByBecky McCray July 11, 2006August 27, 2014

    Tech startup Dave Snider writes very honestly about launching a new business: A year from now this story will either be a testament to our methodology or an embarrassing reminder of all the mistakes we made. Either way, the hope is that it avoids the polish of hindsight and will be not only inspirational, but…

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    8 tips to maintain your sanity during a start-up

    ByBecky McCray July 5, 2006August 27, 2014

    Slow Leadership blog offers 8 excellent tips on maintaining Start-up Sanity. A little while ago, I tried to explain why I think working hard is often necessary for small business owners and those with a start-up, but no guarantee of business success. Maybe that sounded like cold comfort, but it’s better to face reality early…

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