By Ed Morrison, EDPro Nebraska has a new initaitive to encourage entrepreneurial communities. Last week, the governor announced the first awards under the program. Read more.The purpose of the Building Entrepreneurial Communities Program is to support economically depressed rural areas of Nebraska in building entrepreneurial communities. You can learn more here. small biz rural entrepreneurship
Two of my favorites: Fail. Forward. Fast. (“Reward Excellent Failures, PunishMediocre Successes.”) —Tom Peters “Fail often to succeed sooner.” — IDEO company slogan While I couldn’t find this slogan on their current page, I did enjoy IDEO’s About Us page for more this same point of view. Failure is a necessary part of success. We…
By Ed Morrison, EDPro For the past nine months or so, EDPros in Indiana, led by Purdue’s Center for Regional Development, have been working on a rural economic development strategy. Called “The Spirit and Quality of Place: A 2020 Vision for the Indiana Countryside”, the report represents the best thinking of over 150 people involved…
Dan Bobinski has lots to say about customer service: It’s a universal given that when we shop somewhere we’d like to be treated with a modicum of respect. When our shopping experience is negative, statistics show it takes only two such incidents and we’re likely to shop elsewhere. That’s not a lot of wiggle room….
“I’d rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success at something I hate.”— George Burns small biz rural entrepreneurship success failure
“The only time you don’t fail is the last time you try anything–and it works.”— William Strong So why let an emotionally-charged word define most of our efforts? small biz rural entrepreneurship success failure
Does your small biz assign job titles to people? Do you get any benefit from it? Rand at SEOmoz asked that question: I made the executive decision today that having titles like CEO, CTO, Project Manager, etc. really doesn’t serve us well. It inaccurately describe the jobs that we do and creates executive level distinctions…
“Success is largely a matter of stumbling forward. We fail forward to success. It’s a case of falling forward and getting up whenever you fall down and beginning again. Failure is an inevitable and necessary and a useful part of being successful. Actually we learn more from failing than from succeeding, because failure impresses us…
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