Reader Kevin Thompson sent us a tip on a small town small business: I wanted to see if you’d be interested in writing about one of my good friends. He owns a business with his brother selling hunting and fishing knives (and other stuff) that just reached its 10 year anniversary. Given that this is…
Our friend Zane Safrit is sharing his point of view as a small business CEO. You need others and others’ help to be a success. It takes a lot more’n a village to create a successful company. Don’t be afraid to ask for help. Hire people lots better than you in these key areas. Create…
Our friend Chuck Huckaby pointed out this great story, at CBC Radio’s Vinyl Cafe. It’s the story of a bakery, how it started, how it is part of the community, and the larger picture of rural development. But mostly, it’s just a great story. Five of them decided to open a bakery. They found one…
[Special guest author Laura Girty lives in Cherokee, Oklahoma, and works for the Oklahoma Department of Commerce in community development. She has kindly contributed two articles she wrote for the ODOC Developer newsletter.] A popular movie a few years ago, Pay It Forward, was based on the thought that if a group of people did…
You have a huge advantage over the generations of small town business people who came before you. Through the internet you can learn from other people who live far away, but face similar challenges. Right now, Pat Matthews is blogging at Small Town, Big Ideas about what he learned from some failures. Go right now…
Owen Mead-Robins is one of our Small Biz Friends and just sent us another update on Oprius Software. The signature product of Oprius is Foundations, online organization software for small business people, especially MLM. Two lessons for everyone here: Keep your offerings up to date; innovate! Maintain relationships; stay in touch with customers and others!…
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure.Colin Powell You know that I like to talk about what we learn from failure. So does Zane Safrit. He is talking about why failure is important. Fridays are all about failure here. It’s the end of the week….
Let me introduce you to Diane J. Norland, MA, HDRC. She is a coach and consultant and calls her company Whole Life Leadership, with the tag line of Discovery… Inspiration… Launch. Diane was exhibiting at the Business and Professional Women‘s National Conference in Dallas. A natural at marketing, she stood where she could catch us…
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