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    Resource: Small Business Ideas for Small Towns

    ByBecky McCray January 22, 2007January 8, 2018

    The best business ideas for small towns are already out there. Where do you find them? Here are four different ways to connect with great small business ideas. Keep in mind that you’ll find ideas you can freely use, ideas you will need to license for a fee, and ideas that are only available as…

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    Rural entrepreneurship news 1-18

    ByBecky McCray January 18, 2007August 27, 2014

    Development vs. rural housesBig rural projects, like the spate of new ethanol plants, can create problems as they run over the top of existing houses.“Counties should limit where people can build homes in rural areas…. But if a house already is there, it can be difficult to resolve a conflict….” Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette. Enterpreneurship…

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    Rural entrepreneurship news 1-17

    ByBecky McCray January 17, 2007August 27, 2014

    Time for more rural entrepreneurship news headlines! One Governor puts his budget money into rural broadbandSouth Carolina Governor Mark Sanford “included $2 million in his executive budget to help provide high-speed Internet access to areas, such as Allendale, through direct and matching grants.” Island Packet Online.And, from New York, The Ithica Journal profiles rural broadband,…

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    Entrepreneurs don’t have to do it all

    ByBecky McCray January 11, 2007August 27, 2014

    I noticed this item on a workshop at the Pratt (Kansas, USA) Women’s Conference: Kansas is on the cutting edge of grassroots economic development, according to Linda McCowan, enterprise facilitator for Entrepreneurship Networks of Great Bend. In her break-out session she will talk about the three cones for entrepreneurship: a good service or product, a…

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  • economic development | entrepreneurship | rural | tourism | workforce | youth

    Rural entrepreneurship news roundup 1-7

    ByBecky McCray January 8, 2007August 27, 2014

    More rural entrepreneurship news to share. One Stop Support for Small BusinessesNebraska (USA) is using local colleges to bring together all the agencies that help small business. They are also creating a uniform entrepreneurship curriculum. They are calling it NET Force Nebraska. Economic Impact of FestivalsDo festivals contribute to your local economy? Take the example…

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  • economic development | entrepreneurship | rural | tourism

    Rural entrepreneurship news roundup

    ByBecky McCray January 4, 2007August 27, 2014

    Welcome, SCORE Rural Resource readers! Besides this round up, we have more rural small business articles. See the newest ones on the Home Page. Todays news was full of stories on rural entrepreneurship. Here’s a roundup. Towns turn to the arts and revive Main StreetsThe Economist magazine (USA)Some surviving small towns have simply become bedroom…

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  • economic development | entrepreneurship | rural

    Resource: Reviving small towns

    ByBecky McCray December 26, 2006August 27, 2014

    Rural entrepreneurship has become one of the most exciting areas of the New Economic Development. But you don’t have to take my word for it. That quote is from economic development expert Ed Morrison. This week, he has a round up of some of the best resources for reviving small towns. Jack Schultz gets some…

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    Wisconsin’s inventor and entrepreneur clubs

    ByBecky McCray December 26, 2006August 27, 2014

    By Ed Morrison Wisconsin promotes inventor and entrepreneur clubs as a rural economic development strategy. Thirty-five of the state’s 72 counties now have clubs operating. Read more here and here . You can cvisit one of the club web sites here. You can visit the Wisconsin web site here. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided…

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