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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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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