MP3 download: Scott Meyer interview Small towns have a future. Despite all the negative press, I have a positive view of rural, and I talk to others who share it. Small towns play a key role in our world. Everyone else better get used to us, because we aren’t going away! Scott Meyer Scott Meyer…
MP3 download: Caleb Pollard interview Small towns have a future. Despite all the negative press, I have a positive view of rural, and I talk to others who share it. Small towns play a key role in our world. Everyone else better get used to us, because we aren’t going away! Caleb Pollard I’ve never…
MP3 download: Mike Knutson interview Small towns have a future. Despite all the negative press, I have a positive view of rural, and I talk to others who share it. Small towns play a key role in our world. Everyone else better get used to us, because we aren’t going away! Mike Knutson I met…
Luther Snow may have grown up in the big city, but he found his stride in small towns. His work with Asset Based Community Development for rural has been extremely influential in rural development. Currently, he lives in Decorah, Iowa. He and I felt a connection in our approaches and a strong pull to work…
A quick entrepreneur profile of Dan Fugazzi, Paramount Home Real Estate, Enid, Oklahoma. I heard him speak at a recent veteran’s entrepreneur conference in Enid. Dan has been entrepreneurial since grade school. Along with his career in the military, he has fixed windshields, supplied swimming pools, and is now launching a relocation service. His biggest obstacle…
My mission for Small Biz Survival is to help rural entrepreneurs prosper, so they can help their communities prosper. The best solutions come from within, so if I can help entrepreneurs prosper, they are in the best position to know and address the problems in their communities. That’s why I attended the Business Alliance for…
If you loved the Micropolitan Manifesto: How to Radically Revitalize America as much as I did, you’ll want to meet author Katie McCaskey. That’s why I wanted to interview her. Katie and I talked about a lot of small town issues: Moving away and moving home Walkability in small towns Hobby businesses that become more than…
Ken Kelsey, art instructor at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, explains why he’s involved in the arts in Northwest Oklahoma. If you don’t see the video, click through to Small Biz Survival. Ken refers to working with Kay Decker on local arts. You can see her interview here: Starting an art walk.New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the…
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