For everyone who hates business plans, I keep finding alternative ways of planning. Here’s another one. Try more stuff. RT @transarchitect: Experimenting is the new planning.— Saul Kaplan (@skap5) December 13, 2012 Sounds good: just mess around and try things, right? Well, that’s not quite enough. Experimenting means more than just trying things. It means…
Prosperous entrepreneurs can reshape communities. That’s one of my key beliefs, and an example is playing out in Las Vegas right now. Zappos, the online shoe retailer, is relocating their corporate headquarters from suburban Henderson, Nevada, to downtown Las Vegas, and they’re bringing hundreds of millions of dollars in investment in revitalization with them. We’re…
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one Dec 28-30, 2012. This is the last one for 2012, so look through your year and think about what good news you’ll add to the brag basket. Time to look through your year for the Brag…
A quick entrepreneur profile of Dan Fugazzi, Paramount Home Real Estate, Enid, Oklahoma. I heard him speak at a recent veteran’s entrepreneur conference in Enid. Dan has been entrepreneurial since grade school. Along with his career in the military, he has fixed windshields, supplied swimming pools, and is now launching a relocation service. His biggest obstacle…
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one Dec 21-23, 2012. With the rush toward Christmas, take a moment to catch your breath, and think about what good news you’ll add to the brag basket. Let’s gather up some holiday spirit this week.Photo (cc)…
GrandBob (of GrandBob’s Garden) stopped by with this comment. It’s too smart to keep to myself. (I added a few edits, but tried not to lose any of GrandBob’s personality.) –Becky I know of a small town locally with only 300 people. Main street is full of Businesses for sale. They have a library (where…
Finding time for writing or blogging can be tough for small business owners (and tourism professionals). We already have more than enough to do every day. So a few of us talked about finding time for writing the other night on BlogChat.* How to find time to blog or write: Always know what you’ll be…
Showrooming is a bit of a new trend. Your customers, even in small towns, are standing in your store and using their smartphone to compare your price with online retailers. If the product is cheaper at the online store, they order it immediately, and you just lost a sale. For small town retailers, this can…
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