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    Follow the creation of a business at OklahomaSolo

    ByBecky McCray May 10, 2006August 27, 2014

    Luke Anthony is opening a new law firm, right after completing law school. Plus he’s moving from Tulsa to Stillwater. And he’s documenting the whole process at an interesting blog, OklahomaSolo. To me, Stillwater isn’t exactly small town, but we’ll bend the rules! small biz rural entrepreneurship Stillwater Oklahoma law

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  • ideas | rural

    Capitalize on being local

    ByBecky McCray May 9, 2006August 27, 2014

    60 Second Ideas Blog has a terrific idea to share: Capitalize on being local, where ever you are. We’ve talked about the “my hood” craze before with Hook’em Profits and more recently with “Turn Your Neighborhood into a Fashion Statement.” Is there really “no place like home?” As we saw with Brooklyn’s Neighborhoodies, identifying with…

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    When your business is caught in the crossfire

    ByBecky McCray May 7, 2006August 27, 2014

    Sometimes, change or progress can catch your business in the crossfire. If your business is providing web-based email solutions, what do you think about a major article that says email is bad as a tool for collaboration, and needs to be replaced? The blog Small Town, Big Ideas comes from a company that produces webmail,…

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    Keep up with technology

    ByBecky McCray May 6, 2006August 27, 2014

    Jeanne (OkieJ) and I were keeping up with technology at a forum put on by the Business and Professional Women. We took a look at the new Windows Vista, and heard that the release is being pushed back again. Kevin Fream, President Matrixforce Corp., also gave us a look at Microsoft’s vision of the future….

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    What does it take to run a business?

    ByBecky McCray May 6, 2006August 27, 2014

    Rob Spiegel shares his personal story of businesses he has started. Some failures, some successes. Here are his conclusions: There are a couple things I’ve learned over the years. Get your nut [overhead] small. Find something you really, really like doing – you’re going to have to do it a lot, and you’re going to…

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    Grow a billion dollar business

    ByBecky McCray May 4, 2006August 27, 2014

    Want to build a billion dollar company from your small town? David Thomson wrote the book on it, Blueprint to a Billion, profiled on Fortune Small Business. (Brought to our attention by Be Excellent.) Here are the seven principles Thompson postulates: 1. Create and sustain a breakthrough value proposition. Create an entirely new market for…

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  • economic development | rural | tourism

    Wildlife tourism as economic development

    ByBecky McCray May 3, 2006August 27, 2014

    Is wildlife tourism viable economic development for rural areas? My instinct tells me yes, but I keep craving some real data to work with. My little area of Oklahoma has just opened a huge project after five years of serious preparatory work (read the Enid News and Eagle story or visit the Great Plains Trail…

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  • rural | youth

    Youth Renewing the Countryside

    ByBecky McCray May 2, 2006August 27, 2014

    Contribute your stories, images to book showcasing role of young people in rural revitalization We read about “Youth Renewing the Countryside” at two influential rural blogs, The Rural Populist and Center for Rural Affairs. Consider contributing your story or photo to Youth Renewing the Countryside, a book in progress that will capture the best stories…

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