Shawn Kirsch, @thattalldude on Twitter, turned a rant on the banking bailout into a solid plan for revitalizing the nation. I love his focus on supporting entrepreneurs building new businesses and on broadband. Those are certainly two of my favorite tactics. Go read That $700 BILLION Could Be Put To Better Use. Then maybe show…
The Rural Eship Resources page in Texas A and M’s Extension Agricultural Economics area has great rural business resource links. Let’s start with the link to sample business plans, for ag-based businesses like greenhouse vegetables and bee keeping. Then there is the whole list of business management resources, mostly targeted to ag-related business. They place…
Des Walsh is a cool guy. His business card says business coach and blogging evangelist. But really, he’s a small town guy. He and I bonded over our shared view that technology allows you to live where you like. He told me his post office sotry. A friend of Des, who is a business coach,…
Can entrepreneurship be taught? I think the skills that make successful entrepreneurs and small business owners can be taught. Eight Arkansas community colleges are taken action on that theory, offering a new business degree option and certificate in Entrepreneurship, the RUPRI Center for Rural Entrepreneurship in their September 2008 Rural Entrepreneurship Newsletter. (You do subscribe,…
“If you want to make more sales start by measuring how much time you actually spend face to face with customers, then double it and see what happens.”Frank Fullard I see two key parts: More face to face time with customers. Adjust your business behavior based on what you measure. Fullard writes smart things about…
Once you figure out your business, it’s time to set some goals for making money. The problem is that no one shows you how to do that, so you just guess. Then you have no idea how to reach that goal, and you have no way to tell if you are on track. Here’s a…
High Speed Internet is essential for economic growth and global competitiveness. The United States has a lot of ground to cover just to remain competitive with other economies that have already adopted policies that facilitate job growth, business advancement, and individual achievement through access to the latest information technologies. Broadband access is a topic we…
Have you taken time to really figure out your business? Most of us tend to spend our time working in our business, rolling with what is thrown at us. But you can radically improve your business by spending time working on it. The first step is to really define the business you are building. Let’s take…
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