Is there a way to find out the real status of the US rural economy? Ernie Goss, a professor of economics at Creighton University, says “ask the bankers.” In an Associated Press story, Goss reveals a survey of bank presidents and chief executives from nine US states: Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming,…
I think this may be the best idea for a small town small business for those who are proficient online gamers. Springwise New Business Ideas profiled SynthTravels, a new business offering guided tours of online virtual worlds. If you’ve heard of Second Life or World of Warcraft, but didn’t know how to begin or where…
Closing a business can be just as involved and emotional as opening one. In Closing the Business: When Is It Time to Move On?, Isabel Isidro, PowerHomeBiz, is sharing her personal story as well as some indicators of when it’s time, and important reminders. Aside from relocating to another place, how do you know that…
It’s Friday and time to brag! Tell us about any success you like. Just leave a comment. In return, we’ll all applaud for you, and you can take a banana! Well, at least you can take a copy of our graphic, if you want. It was donated to us by our friend BJ. It’s a…
What do your customers want? Let’s ask them! For more ideas, read Basic Methods to Get Feedback from Customers by Carter McNamara. Music by Frenz, from Pod Safe Audio. small biz rural entrepreneurship customer service podcast audio New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Subscribe.
I just wrote about Intuit’s Jump Up, but I missed this. Steve Rucinski noticed it. Want to make the front of their website and have your business featured? Then complete the application by November 15th and you may be featured on the home page. Or get this flyer to learn more. The site is great…
Inuit wants to help you succeed in business. They started an online service, originally called Jack Rabbit, and we talked about it before. Now it is called Jump Up. You can customize Jump Up’s features like saving your own favorite bookmarks from around the web, tagging, social networks, community, and online tools. I like the…
So Professor Mohammed Yunus is the winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace. Didn’t mean much to me, until entrepreneurs I admire spoke up. Tom Peters is ecstatic, Rex Hammock is all for it and I’m beginning to see why this is important to me and you: entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is one of the few great…
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