Our Friend Zane Safrit has the answer, quoting from Alexander Kjerulf, Chief Happiness Officer: If you want to get more done at work, the productivity gurus out there will tell you that it’s all about having the right system. You need to prioritize your tasks, you must keep detailed logs of how you spend your…
Do you know a young social entrepreneur? Send them to this link. The YouthActionNet Awards offer grants of $500 each to help fund the social change projects of young social entrepreneurs around the world.The awards are supported by a global youth development initiative of the International Youth Foundation and Nokia. Each year twenty exceptional young…
Big news out of the UK: rural areas are starting up more businesses and outpacing urban areas. Four different news sources picked up this story on the report from Barclays Local Business. What led to this boom in rural business? From the London Stock Exchange: “Amongst the fastest growing start-up locations, more than half are…
Take this idea from Scotland. After a year of studying what businesses in their area actually need, this mentoring project was designed and launched. Mentors from the local business community will be recruited to help support people who are thinking of setting up in business in the area. Enterprise visits will also be co-ordinated to…
It takes a comprehensive approach – don’t work alone! From Lancaster Farming. A new, place-based approach to rural policy is needed, according to “Strengthening Rural Pennsylvania: An Integrated Approach to a Prosperous Commonwealth,” by the Brookings Institution in collaboration with Penn State, the Pennsylvania Economy League, and the Campaign to Renew Pennsylvania. “We have never…
Exclusivity is a terrific motivator for your customers. Reader Robert Ellis is taking full advantage of that with his tax firm. He is not advertising, not accepting any new walk in clients, not keeping pain in the neck clients, and only taking referrals from existing clients. And the firm is growing. Read about his Liberating…
Alfredo Tjiurimo Hengari is encouraging his country’s political leaders to start using New Media and technology, in Namibia: Youtube, E-Mail, Skype And MPs. Hengari points out that it is easy for leaders to talk about the importance of technology, even if they have no knowledge of it. If leaders actually use wikis, blogs, and even…
Our Friend Chuck Huckaby wants to share some ideas on where to find local sources of merchandise to resell. This is a solid model for a small town business: take a local resource into a larger market. Find your local sources: landfills, garage sales, auctions, local manufacturers, local retailers, local farmers. Look for their overstocks,…
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