I’m away on retreat, working with a great group of people. Tweetup at the Swansons’ home: Nancy Swanson, Andrew Swanson, Paul Merrill, Deb Brown, Becky McCray,Glenda Watson Hyatt, and Jon Swanson We’re working on our own things, in our own classrooms. But we seem to come together at all the right moments to focus on…
Sheila Scarborough and Rick Mahn Rick Mahn is a long-time friend, and recently launched his own business. He took time to talk to me about his online networking secrets, going to in person events, and the parallels between small cities and small towns. He also tells about his new business and using social tools behind…
The National Federation of Independent Businesses has a good line up of free webinars in May, 2010. I’ve been keeping an eye on their webinars since I did one for them back in January. This month’s topics will include the bottom line effects of the new health care bill as well as cap and trade…
Joshua Neckes sent me some information on an interesting contest from Cortera, www.cortera.com. (Coretera calls itself a community-driven credit/business information provider that allows smaller businesses to check on the payment history of vendors and clients. Seems reasonable.) The contest is called “The Comeback 2010”, www.thecomeback2010.com, and is encouraging small business owners to submit inspiring stories…
[This arrived by email from the National Rural Assembly. I didn’t think I could improve on it, so I asked for permission to reprint it here, which they have kindly granted. I added photos from the White House blog. -Becky] From the National Rural Assembly, www.ruralassembly.org President Barack Obama tours MogoOrganic in Mt. Pleasant, Ia.,…
If you have ever sold a home, you can sell your business Owning a business in a small town has many benefits, but one of the drawbacks is the difficulty of finding a buyer for your business when you decide its time to move on. The pool of potential acquirers is smaller and capital for…
Paul Chaney knows small business and social media. We met in 2008 when Zane Safrit introduced us at BlogWorld Expo. When Paul told me he was launching his own consulting firm, I invited him for an interview. We talk about Paul’s small town connections, his experiences leading up to writing The Digital Handshake, and his…
It’s no secret that I’m a supporter of small town businesses. But it’s not all that well known that I’m working on a book with Barry Moltz. Our idea is that rural entrepreneurs have some valuable lessons for other businesses. Now, I know a lot of small town business stories, but they are centered around…
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