For the next three weeks, I’ll be away from the computer. Maesz will be blog-sitting during this time, posting articles I have written for you. We’ll kick things off today with a guest article by Mark Taylor. Mark is a neat guy and has probably forgotten more about community building than I will ever learn….
It sounds really good – “a shop in minutes, a business for life.” Shopify lets you set up an online store with no charge, unless you sell something. Then it’s just at 3% commission. There is nothing to install; it is all hosted at Shopify. If you have a credit card merchant account, you can…
“You can do everything wrong with the right attitude and succeed. You can do everything right with the wrong attitude and fail.” LINK:At Lifehack.org, Chris Brogan interviews Patricia Ryan Madson, author of Improv Wisdom: Don’t Prepare, Just Show Up. small biz rural entrepreneurship attitude podcast audio New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what…
One of the great economic development columns published today is BOTTOM LINE by Charles Lawton, in the Maine Today business section. Recently, he wrote, Maine doesn’t have a jobs problem; we have a skills problem. He points to the increasing competition for skilled workers. Even in economically depressed areas, certain industries are begging for qualified…
The US Congress has established the very first National Entrepreneurship Week for March 2007, according to Inc. Magazine. People are more aware of entrepreneurship than ever, but I don’t think people realize that it is the lifeblood of small towns and rural areas. Without entrepreneurship, we have almost no new jobs. If you are involved…
Notes from A Diamond in the Rough – Mentoring podcastListen to the audio version “Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it may be a diamond in the rough.”Mary McLeod Bethune Qualities of a good protégé: *genuine interest in professional and personal growth*developing a sense of self; personal vision*open to and receptive to feedback, coaching*commitment…
Read the quotes and lists from this podcast. small biz rural entrepreneurship mentoring podcast New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Subscribe.
Your community’s best economic developers are not on the payroll at your development authority or the local government. Lots of times, they are the successful entrepreneurs. Pat Matthews, author of Small Town, Big Ideas blog, is a perfect example. As many of you know, I think that Blacksburg has a lot of potential as a…
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