Any business owner will tell you that starting and running a business requires thinking ahead while also staying on top of lots of details. Innovation and vision are great. But what really allows a business to succeed is paying attention to details. Keeping track of everything that needs to be done and then making sure…
Mack Collier Interview Mack Collier leads the highly influential weekly #blogchat, publishes the most popular discussions of social media for business pricing, and leads corporations and businesses of all size to be more social and better serve customers. He’s also the author of Think Like a Rock Star, and he’s based in a rural area…
Making a product is easy. Well, it’s easy when you compare it to setting your prices. Here is one straightforward way to figure prices for what you produce: Materials + labor + fixed costs per unit + capital costs + profit = Wholesale Wholesale x 2 = Retail Then, treat that as a starting point,…
. The Brag Basket is open! This one is for March 14-16, 2014. What can you do in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your undying love for rural places How do you join in? Below this post is the comment…
Stop by most any rural coffee shop and you probably will hear a discussion about attracting more people to the community. Then the question arises, can it be done? The Center for Small Towns, located at the University of Minnesota, Morris, plans to look at that question. Mark June 4th and 5th on your calendars…
. Years ago, a town near me won a grant to improve their downtown. They hired an architect, who drew up 3 alternative plans. The council looked them over, debated which one would work best, then sat on those plans with no further action for a couple of years. They couldn’t come to an agreement on which…
The Brag Basket is open! This one is for March 7-9, 2014. It’s like this one was made just for you, with your name on it and everything. What can you do in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some great news from this week congratulate a friend applaud for each other confess your…
You want to start a business. But finding a good idea is a task many prospective business owners find daunting. There are many suggestions on how people can find a business idea. Brainstorming, building on a skill or talent, or using an idea you have seen somewhere else are three commonly used techniques. Another method…
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