Today, I sat down with nonprofit staff members to generate ideas for them to reach more people and sell specific merchandise. With three of us, we filled two pages with ideas, and we each shared more insights and knowledge than any of us alone had started with. We could have had these ideas any time,…
Want a trend report that pays attention to small town trends? Read the top 10 trends for 2008 from Jack Schultz, author of Boomtown USA. My top 5 picks from his list are: NWOSU Ranger Rodeo Team,These Millennials are shapingthe future of small towns 1. Millennials-Hard to believe that this generation, ages 10 to 27,…
Networking through Twitter has brought me connections with many entrepreneurs world wide. Here are some of the best ideas and advice I’ve heard from them lately. conniereece Don’t start a campaign until you know what the community wants. Read Listen Comment Pistachio Where do your products fail/ fall short? Do you know what workarounds your…
Local food and organic food are two ways to make a more profitable small farm, restaurant, cafe, food market, or other food business. Local honey fromCherokee, Oklahoma. Local food trend Buying local food is a growing trend. It’s better for the environment because of the lower transportation distances. “Eating locally isn’t just a fad like…
The latest business idea comes from a different source. Let me quote rather extensively from Robert Fulghum. Yes, Fulghum the author of All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. This is from his series of short Tango Chronicles. At most large events, there are Tango Taxis.Not for a cab ride home if…
Buying local is a growing trend and a significant opportunity for small town small businesses. Local Food Food-borne illnesses have made headlines from huge commercial production and from imported foods. Local food producers of all kinds should capitalize on this opportunity. Jack Schultz, Boomtown USA, gave local food two spots on his Agurban top ten…
badbanana Conceiving big ideas is easy. It’s the birthing process that gets painful and messy.badbanana Then your idea grows up, moves away, and never writes or calls.jnswanson worry wastes time cc_chapman Thoughts are crystallizing into plans. Soon plans will form into actions. Everything is long term from now on byosko Startups are such rollercoasters. chrisbrogan…
The idea of summer camp brings up images of children canoing, crafting, and shooting arrows. But what if you could make a camp that was meaningful and interesting for the whole family? An example is Red Pine Camp, a success for over 75 years. They offer camping for the whole family, with the option to…
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