(Editor’s Note: Sam Carpenter offered this guest post on common mistakes. These certainly apply to small town small businesses, too.) Five Common Mistakes People Make When Starting Up a Small Business And How to Steer Clear of Them By Sam Carpenter Whether you’ve established a small business, are in the midst of launching one, or…
Failure itself is not the secret to succeeding. Learning and improving by trying and doing, or learning from failure, is the secret to succeeding as an entrepreneur. If you are not trying new things, your business is stagnating. Of course, not everything you try will work. Some efforts will be a big hit, and some…
Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to brag or promote yourself and your projects. Last week, Jeanne and I were the ones to brag. Jeanne “OkieJ” bragged on our great trip to hear the Oklahoma Lieutenant Governor speak in El Reno. I bragged that our little group of Okies was…
I’m going to a business school for blogging, SOBCon08. This year’s event tracks entrepreneur bloggers and corporate bloggers alike, with an innovative format and a stellar cast of speaker/instructors. PurposeThe SOBCon08 program guarantees to send each attendee home with a Business Action Plan that can be immediately executed for measurable success. The “mastermind” teams in…
As filing season starts, cyber scammers are trying new tactics to steal personal financial information from taxpayers. One type of e-mail message tells folks that their returns will be audited. The sender purports to be IRS and directs recipients to click on links that give senders access to their computers and their personal data. If…
Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to brag or promote yourself and your projects. This week, I’m going to be out of town most of today, so I need your help to cheer each other on, OK? Thanks! Last week, Jeanne “OkieJ” bragged on her chamber of commerce honors. BarbaraKB…
Editor’s Note: Tuyen Ho emailed this comment to me. Sounds like a very useful tool for small business people. I’d love to get feedback from anyone who tries it. Hi Becky, I read your 1/18 blog post re: Gene Marks “can’t make these technologies work” piece. You mentioned a few mobile services like Jott. I’d…
My friends on Twitter are a pretty sharp group. I’m always marking tweets as favorites because of the great ideas and great tools we share with each other. Annie Boocio “Banannie7” asked just the other day, “hey twitter, write a blog post for me wouldja? kthxbai” If you’ve seen my other Twitter tweet compilations*, you…
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