Some advice and ideas from people who quit their day job to create what they are passionate about. Quitting a job is a scary decision. “It takes some sort of crazy gene, I think.”Zadi Diaz It requires intense commitment. “How many hours are there in a week? That’s what full time is to us.”Zadi Diaz…
Trevor Holewinski is a small town guy, living in Austin, Texas, but headed back to a small town with his small business. Moblog post from the floor of SXSW Mobile post sent by BeckyMcCray using Utterz. Replies. mp3
Some universal small business challenges, with a family run business, succession issues, and Wal Mart moving in nearby. Moblog post from the floor of SXSW. Mobile post sent by BeckyMcCray using Utterz. Replies. mp3
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,…
Business.gov, the official business link to the U.S. government, has new search features and content to help small business owners find information. Business owners can now access information on starting and managing a business, including licenses, permits and regulatory information, on more than 9,000 state, territory, county, and city government Web sites.
(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…
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…
Want a trend report that pays attention to small town trends? Read the top 10 trends for 2008 from Jack Schultz, author of Boomtown USA. My top 5 picks from his list are: NWOSU Ranger Rodeo Team,These Millennials are shapingthe future of small towns 1. Millennials-Hard to believe that this generation, ages 10 to 27,…
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