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    Failure Quote of the Day: I never gave up

    ByBecky McCray April 25, 2006August 27, 2014

    “If you stay committed, your dreams can come true. I’m living proof of it. I left home at 17 and had nothing but rejections for 25 years. I wrote more than 20 screenplays, but I never gave up.” — Michael Blake, author of Dances with Wolves small biz rural entrepreneurship

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  • economic development | rural

    Nebraska’s Building Entrepreneurial Communities Program

    ByBecky McCray April 25, 2006August 27, 2014

    By Ed Morrison, EDPro Nebraska has a new initaitive to encourage entrepreneurial communities. Last week, the governor announced the first awards under the program. Read more.The purpose of the Building Entrepreneurial Communities Program is to support economically depressed rural areas of Nebraska in building entrepreneurial communities. You can learn more here. small biz rural entrepreneurship

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  • failure | rural | success

    Failure Quote of the Day: Fail. Forward. Fast.

    ByBecky McCray April 24, 2006August 27, 2014

    Two of my favorites: Fail. Forward. Fast. (“Reward Excellent Failures, PunishMediocre Successes.”) —Tom Peters “Fail often to succeed sooner.” — IDEO company slogan While I couldn’t find this slogan on their current page, I did enjoy IDEO’s About Us page for more this same point of view. Failure is a necessary part of success. We…

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    Indiana’s rural strategy

    ByBecky McCray April 24, 2006August 27, 2014

    By Ed Morrison, EDPro For the past nine months or so, EDPros in Indiana, led by Purdue’s Center for Regional Development, have been working on a rural economic development strategy. Called “The Spirit and Quality of Place: A 2020 Vision for the Indiana Countryside”, the report represents the best thinking of over 150 people involved…

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  • customer service

    How to lose a customer in two steps or less

    ByBecky McCray April 23, 2006August 27, 2014

    Dan Bobinski has lots to say about customer service: It’s a universal given that when we shop somewhere we’d like to be treated with a modicum of respect. When our shopping experience is negative, statistics show it takes only two such incidents and we’re likely to shop elsewhere. That’s not a lot of wiggle room….

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  • failure | success

    Failure Quote of the Day: I’d rather be a failure

    ByBecky McCray April 23, 2006August 27, 2014

    “I’d rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success at something I hate.”— George Burns small biz rural entrepreneurship success failure

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  • failure | success

    Failure Quote of the Day: The only time you don’t fail

    ByBecky McCray April 22, 2006August 27, 2014

    “The only time you don’t fail is the last time you try anything–and it works.”— William Strong So why let an emotionally-charged word define most of our efforts? small biz rural entrepreneurship success failure

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  • rural

    Get rid of job titles!

    ByBecky McCray April 21, 2006August 27, 2014

    Does your small biz assign job titles to people? Do you get any benefit from it? Rand at SEOmoz asked that question: I made the executive decision today that having titles like CEO, CTO, Project Manager, etc. really doesn’t serve us well. It inaccurately describe the jobs that we do and creates executive level distinctions…

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