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My Local Newspaper Wouldn’t Hire Me, So I Started My Own–Online

By Small Biz Survival

Guest Post by Micah Choquette Owner, Editor and Author of the Sapulpa Times, Sapulpa, Oklahoma, population 20,000 Angrily, I hit “Send” on the message, certain that I was burning a bridge by doing so, but at this point, I didn’t care. It was 2015 and I had just spent far too long chasing a deal with […]

April 3, 2017 Filed Under: big company, entrepreneurship, ideas, POV, rural Tagged With: guest post

Small town, big company: Ditch Witch

By Becky McCray

  How do utility lines get underground? Everything from water, sewer, cable, fiber optic, phone lines, natural gas and even electric lines have to be laid under streets, through yards and beneath buildings. Those lines are laid using a trenching machine. That type of equipment, and an entire industry of manufacturing it, was invented in the […]

September 22, 2015 Filed Under: big company, rural

Small town, big company: Jiffy Mix

By Becky McCray

  If you live in the US, I’ll bet you have a Jiffy Mix in your kitchen cabinet right now. I have three. I counted. Even if you don’t, surely you recognize the iconic blue boxes with their simple branding, even though Chelsea Milling Company doesn’t spend a dime to advertise them. Chelsea, Michigan, is […]

August 17, 2015 Filed Under: big company, entrepreneurship, rural, success

How SeaTurtle Sports found their Small Town Advantage

By Small Biz Survival

  Guest Post by SeaTurtle Sports Co-founder Allen Bell and Allison Goldman, Director of SeaTurtle Sports Allen and Jeanne Bell launched SeaTurtle Sports in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2003 to design and manufacture premium beach and backyard games. As its founders, we observed a lack of new ideas in the category and what we felt was an unhealthy […]

September 9, 2014 Filed Under: big company, entrepreneurship, POV, rural, success, survivors Tagged With: guest post

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