Not very often can you find actual grants for small business, although there are a few grant contests out there. (Read more about the lack of grants at Do Small Business Startup Grants Exist?) Today, I have an outstanding, legitimate grant contest to share with you, Intuit’s Small Business United contest. You enter by sharing…
In this economy, what is the best use of my funds? Marketing, expansion, keep under the mattress? What? It’s the question that small biz is wrestling with. Do I hide under the covers, or do I make a run at real growth? And how…Submitted by Tony Katz, via Twitter First, how sound is your business?…
Two great small business events online today (Feb 10, 2009). Take advantage of these opportunities to learn and share. 1. SOBCon09 Comment Box Conference 12 Hours An Expert Every Hour and Q and A for 12 HoursWhen: Tuesday, February 10, 2009Where: Successful-Blog.comWhat: New Post and Speaker Every Hour11:00 a.m. – 10 p.m. CT (GMT -6hrs)Watch…
If you’re a rural small business person, I want you to introduce yourself. Our first proud rural entrepreneur is Caroline Jordan, from CashFlowRollerCoaster.com. ——————————————The sun peeks over Rice Hill shining into the bank of windows in my home office in Waterford, Maine (pop. 1450). My cats wander by and birds flit past the windows on…
Straight from my email, meet Benjamin M. Martin. He’s looking for help with a small town restaurant: I live in Clarendon, Arkansas, population 1,700 or so (yes, seventeen hundred, lol). It’s in eastern rural Arkansas, commonly referred to as the Delta. The vast majority of people here are farmers and ‘old school’ where the fast…
What will be the biggest trends for rural small businesses in 2009? Anita Campbell of Small Biz Trends asked me. I came up with 11 trends to consider. I must admit that I didn’t make up the phrase, “the Atwoods effect.” That was my husband’s idea for trend #6: Many new residents will be of…
Karen Wylie is writing a terrific new rural small business blog, Backroads Business. Karen is the owner of The Blue Ridge Soap Shed in the mountains of Western North Carolina. She focuses on rural business, seasonal business and home business. Karen’s just getting started, but it’s well worth a look. Tell her I said hi!…
I saw this warning poster in a Dallas restaurant yesterday. My husband asked, “Does this still come up?” Yes, unfortunately, it still does. Right now, about 27 million worldwide people are forced laborers, slaves. Really. Sad, isn’t it? It’s so common, the State of Texas printed posters about it. Diana Scimone works all the time…
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