Pricing your services is a tricky business. Without a physical product and costs to start from, the answer always seems to be “it depends.” Let’s try to get a better handle on how to charge for your services and still make a living. My friend Scott Townsend asked on behalf of his son: @SBSurvival Matthew…
Guest post by Marci Penner, Kansas Sampler Foundation YOU FIND KANSAS… when you find Mona. We were about to leave the town of Dresden on our ERV guidebook research when we saw a simple sign against the cracked surface of the old basketball court. We had to find out. Who was Mona and what kind…
If you look back through various writings, these two terms, entrepreneur and small business owner, were once considered the same thing. Yet today business schools and economic/community developers often view them differently. More often the focus is on entrepreneurial development with fewer programs having “small business” in the title. Yet one often wonders are they…
Guest post by Rick Skorupski Population migration – a net loss or a net gain for the The Plains States? Thanks to Grow Spink Inc. (an economic development non profit in north eastern South Dakota), I had the opportunity to go the Symposium on Small Towns at the University of Minnesota – Morris in June…
7 Biggest Strengths of Local Shops And how you can build on them. Remember the 7 Weaknesses of Local Shops? They were crazy popular because they touched a nerve. I acknowledged that some of our local businesses really need to step up to earn business today. This series is the flip side of that idea. Small…
Most small town downtowns could use some sprucing up. Different businesses have different styles from a bunch of different decades. None of the signs or facades match. Clashing is probably a better description than coordinating. What can you do to get updated designs without spending a ton on the project? Webster City, Iowa, is one…
7 Biggest Strengths of Local Shops And how you can build on them. Remember the 7 Weaknesses of Local Shops? They were crazy popular because they touched a nerve. I acknowledged that some of our local businesses really need to step up to earn business today. This series is the flip side of that idea. Small…
Anyone in business or thinking about going into business has a million questions. At least that was my experience and continue to hear it repeatedly from business owners. There are so many things that have to be done and so little time to do them. Plus you didn’t start your business to understand the complexities…
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