Princeton, Indiana, has set up a low-interest revolving loan program, to make loans of up to $10,000 to downtown businesses. Travis Neff wrote about it in the Princeton Daily Clarion, City hopes to foster downtown progress with loan program.It’s a partnership of the city government and the Umbrella Committee on Downtown Revitalization. The city was…
Chris Campbell was talking about start up technology companies in The Top 10 Questions Investors Asked Us. But I’ve picked out the questions that I think every small business person had better be able to answer. 2) How will you make money? 3) How will your company grow? 7) Who are your competitors and how…
Try the Mayo Clinic Working Life Center for health related business topics. The articles are organized like this: Workplace safety Back pain, eyestrain and other injuries Ergonomics and physical activity Sleepiness and fatigue Workplace stress: On the job Work-life balance Healthy diet Working with a medical condition The articles are long, and informative. They also…
Want to read some free advice from some of the most noted technology entrepreneurs of today? Check out the notes from Startup School, 2006. Some of the speakers and their topics included: Joe Kraus: “Startup Addict” Page Mailliard (Wilson Sonsini): “Steps to set up a company” Mark Fletcher (Bloglines): “Lessons Learned Birthing and Building Web…
Mark Taylor, another small town Oklahoman, put together his experience in business, education and workforce development, and came up with this article on changing your thinking. Albert Einstein once said, “The significant challenges that we face today can not be solved at the same level of thinking at which they were created”. The world of…
For the next three weeks, I’ll be away from the computer. Maesz will be blog-sitting during this time, posting articles I have written for you. We’ll kick things off today with a guest article by Mark Taylor. Mark is a neat guy and has probably forgotten more about community building than I will ever learn….
Last night, I was interviewed on blogging to position yourself as an expert. Not that I am an expert, just that it is my goal. I wanted to share my notes on the subject with you. *You need no one’s permission to start. *You can choose any topic you are passionate about. Before I started…
It sounds really good – “a shop in minutes, a business for life.” Shopify lets you set up an online store with no charge, unless you sell something. Then it’s just at 3% commission. There is nothing to install; it is all hosted at Shopify. If you have a credit card merchant account, you can…
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