Collect great ideas everywhere you go. At SXSW, Jim Storer told me about a restaurant that does a Hotter Than Hell Night. It’s the East Coast Grill in Cambridge, MA. They do a whole menu of torturous treats, from cocktails through entrees. Read through their creative names, recipes and descriptions. They do offer a bit…
“Ideas are a dime a dozen. The money is in the execution.” Jon Dale To back up that idea, nine people each came up with 111 ideas, and published the resulting list as Hamster Burial Kits and 998 Other Business Ideas. The quality of the ideas is variable, of course. While you won’t leave the…
“ideas? easy. remembering them? harder. doing them? still harder. more than once? grueling. and world-changing.”Jon Swanson, via Twitter Photo by Jon Swanson, used by permission. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.
Click to Play Cart-Away showed up at BlogWorld Expo with a concrete mixer. Were they just in the wrong place, or what? No, they were there to learn, to learn social media, blogging, and related skills. Standard advertising just didn’t work for them, so they’ve given that up, in favor of exploring the world of…
Our friend Anita Campbell has laid out a new business idea. She likes using the new tools available for managing her business, but this means that her data sets are scattered all over. If you can design the tool that pulls together data and charts from the disparate tools online, there are people willing to…
Here’s a new business coaching idea, gleaned from Twitter: PurpleCarI need a jumping off point with Final Cut. Like, if I had just an hoursession with someone who knows it, I could take off from there. There are probably dozens of skills you could offer as hour long jumping off points. The trick is that…
If you know how to blog, podcast, share photos online, and basically use social media tools, you could start a business today. Dress professionally.Get a pad of paper and a pen.Go to a business.Ask questions. This is where the magic happens. Ask them what they are doing to reach out and connect with customers. What…
Need ideas for a small town small business? We have an ebook for you. 20 Small Business Ideas for Small Towns is a short ebook detailing 20 different ways you can make a successful business in a small town. It also covers seven ways to generate your own ideas, so you can dream up the…
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