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A small town apprenticeship

By Becky McCray

Any rural business owner can offer an apprenticeship Kevin Rubash is now the owner and designer at Interior Spaces which is a interior home design business in Webster City, Iowa (population 8,000). Kevin designs interiors for homes and business and sells everything from bedding to furniture to flooring and curtains. He got his first chance […]

July 9, 2018 Filed Under: economic development, entrepreneurship, rural, Small Biz 100, workforce, youth

It’s the Little Things

By Glenn Muske

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Did you ever have a really good idea only to see someone else jump on it first? Well, this blog post is representative of that. I came up with the idea last week and as I got ready to write this blog appeared in my email, “This Place is Perfect.”  So my options are to […]

June 27, 2018 Filed Under: Small Biz 100, success

Fill a Need with Your Business

By Glenn Muske

There are several common thoughts on the key elements to a successful business. Two of those most often mentioned are to build the business around a need or to build your business around your passion.  While there are examples of both elements working, realistically, a combination of the two provide the strongest launching pad. Passion […]

June 20, 2018 Filed Under: marketing, rural, Small Biz 100, success

Is This Service?

By Glenn Muske

If this happened to you as a customer, how would you feel? Our washer has a problem. Service person came out and ordered a part for it. Part should be here in two weeks and made the next appointment. The day before the appointment, I get an automated call. If my issue was a service […]

June 13, 2018 Filed Under: Small Biz 100, success Tagged With: customer service, good customer service, good service, service businesses

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