From Inc.com: Businesses grow faster in states with higher minimum wages, according to a new study. As more states proceed with minimum wage increases on their own, a new study shows that small businesses grow faster in states with minimum wages above the federal level, which has remained at $5.15 since 1997. The study, conducted…
How do small towns react when outsiders move in and start development? It’s not always pretty. Here is one example, Kirksville, Missouri, profiled in the Kansas City Star. The outsider in this case is Big Louie Keen, owner of a “sprawling strip club complex along Interstate 44,” about 200 miles to the south of Kirksville….
One of our favorites at the SBDC is Darrell Zahorsky athttp://sbinformation.about.com/ and given that I love jelly beans this one really interested me! What Your Small Business Can Learn From Jelly BeansAn unusual experiment with Six Kinds of Jelly Beans at Wharton School University of Pennsylvania found that the more variety a consumer thinks they…
No. They don’t. Not in the US. Wayne Hogue writing in the The Shreveport Times takes on this myth: Attention! There is no such thing as a grant to start a for-profit business. Business startup grants are an urban legend; a myth that just will not die. I’m talking about grants (i.e. free money, not…
How secure is your computer on the internet? How do you know? Check and make sure at Shields UP! It was easy to do. I just followed the instructions, and clicked on the appropriate buttons. It tested my firewall, to make sure that a hacker could not gain control of my machine remotely. Note that…
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Does your small town have a tourism base? Consider today’s new business idea from Springwise: personalized postcard vending machines. Picture these set up at your local festivals, in your downtown business area, or at the souvenier shop. You can visit the German company Cosmocard for more info. And Springwise has an entire section of Tourism…
Read the story of one woman and her family in rural Scotland. Denice Purdie’s husband was disabled in an accident around Christmas 2004. Her family couldn’t afford to stay in the tiny village of Colintraive, and couldn’t uproot the children to move. At the urging of friends, she started a business selling the organic soaps…
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