I probably have it, too. Our Friend Cristian Dorobantescu shares what causes us not to see opportunities. What are we missing? [Photo stolen from Chris Brogan’s Flickr.] New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.
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…
Remember Nairobi Paul’s business idea of importing Kenyan handicrafts to the USA? He (and you) could get started by talking to someone successfully importing from the developing world, like Kristen Evans. Evans is importing crafts from Bolivia, like the angel pictured to the right. She’s succeeding in spite of increasing political difficulties and the constant…
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…
How to market your rural area: focus on rural strengths For the first time that I can remember, the state’s push for people to consider bringing their business and/or their family to Iowa is not apologizing — it is celebrating all that makes it such a terrific place to live. Found at Drew’s Marketing Minute….
Training and workshops come up frequently in the rural business news. Here are some recent articles that include ideas you can use in your own area. Workshop series uses multiple locations “The entrepreneur has the vision for the business,” Jim Hogge, director of the Small Business Development Center at Boise State University, said in a…
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