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    Interview on small business, small towns, Africa and more

    ByBecky McCray December 16, 2008August 27, 2014

    Deb Brown, a small town newspaper editor from Iowa, has interviewed me on a wide range of subjects! She has also shared the interview on her blog, Deb Works. We talked about making a living in a small town, Small Biz Survival, lessons I’ve learned from my businesses, social media for small town businesses, African…

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  • rural

    Wireless printer review: Epson WorkForce 600

    ByBecky McCray December 10, 2008August 27, 2014

    The Product: Epson WorkForce 600 all-in-one wireless printer Short and Sweet Review: Great for small workgroups.Who should use it: Small businesses ready to move up from basic printers.Patrick Gevas of Walt and Company sent it to me for a review. I set it up in my home office, where it feels really big, compared to…

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  • economic development | entrepreneurship | rural

    Small town biz interview by Zane Safrit

    ByBecky McCray November 28, 2008August 27, 2014

    Friend and co-author Zane Safrit interviewed me on his BlogTalk Radio show. We spent an hour and a half talking about small business, rural development, and living in small towns. Marketing expert Jay Ehert called in to share some of his views as well. Listen to the whole hour and a half long interview, or…

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  • big company | POV | rural

    POV Plain View Winery

    ByBecky McCray November 25, 2008March 3, 2022

    Having a winery is not a glamorous job! That’s what Con Pekrul, owner of Plain View Winery, says. Pekrul started making wines with his father as a hobby. Though it was based at his home with no traffic at all, it kept growing. He started to plan relocating. A building in nearby Lahoma, Oklahoma, (population…

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  • big company | POV | rural

    POV Rural Waste Solutions

    ByBecky McCray November 23, 2008March 3, 2022

    “It can be done. It can be done with limited means. It can be done from a humble background,” Tommy Hudson said. “I am just a guy that had an idea and put a plan together and sought the right advice and enough advice to convince myself really that it could be done.” Hudson started…

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  • rural

    Update on small town bank solvency

    ByBecky McCray November 21, 2008August 27, 2014

    How are small town banks doing now? Yesterday, Sheila Ferrell, VP Cashier of Farmers Exchange Bank, gave me an update on small town banks. She has been with Farmers for 24 years. It’s a terrific little bank in Cherokee, Oklahoma, (population approx. 1600), with a few branches in surrounding towns. Ferrell stressed that Farmers is…

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  • entrepreneurship | failure | rural | success

    Small town talk

    ByBecky McCray November 10, 2008August 27, 2014

    When you succeed, they will say… “Well, look at who his granddad is. They all have money. He had everything handed to him.” “She had nothing to do with it. My cousin does all the real work there.” “Must be nice to have all that money without doing anything for it.” When you fail, they…

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  • rural

    Small Business is Driving, Now

    ByZane Safrit November 5, 2008August 27, 2014

    You, us, we small business people are the drivers now. It’s important to remember that as we tool around our community. It’s not to swagger with false confidence as BMOC’s did in the past. No. The point is to understand…we’re driving this economy moving forward. Here’s why: On average, small business generates 60% of new…

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