A quick update on small business resources online. First, the US Small Business Administration has updated their annual Small Business FAQ (PDF). It’s packed full of statistics on US small business. For example, here’s the latest on small business survival rates: Seven out of ten new employer firms last at least two years, and about…
I’m late getting the Brag Basket open! But we’re open now, and everyone is welcome. Add yourself or another deserving soul in the comments. We all cheer, and everyone feels great. It lets you meet each other a bit. Reading each others’ stories brings us a bit closer to being a community. This particular basket…
Our friend Shashi Bellamkonda is back with another guest post. This time it’s a discussion question. What to do when someone calls you a Guru or Expert? When someone calls you a guru or an expert, it usually means that you are a good learner and have developed some useful knowledge that can be imparted…
[Our Friend Cody Heitschmidt has a new project. I offered him a few ideas, but he needs your ideas, too. -Becky] I just leased a 2300 seat concert hall in Hutch for all of 2010. Gonna see if we can liven Hutchinson, Kansas, up a little. Thoughts? No, really, I want your thoughts! I love…
“Memorable experiences are the ultimate scarce commodity.” That’s what I scribbled while driving, listening to Chris Anderson’s Free. The marginal cost of digital distribution is falling toward to cheap to measure, so it makes sense to offer many digital products for free. For example, the Audible copy of Free I was listening came with no…
UPDATE: The newest tips are available on this post: Blogger blogs still work for small business. Blogger may be one of the easiest ways to start a blog, but to the bloggy elite, the blogspot.comaddress has become a kind of badge of shame. Good news: Blogger hasintroduced a slew of new ways to make your…
You deserve a Brag Basket mention, and all you have to do is add yourself or another deserving soul in the comments. Share your projects and accomplishments. You can also cheer for other people, give shout outs, congratulate, and even give someone a well-deserved pat on the back. Every week, y’all share great stories in…
Our friend Shashi Bellamkonda is back with another guest post of a small business story. “Did you really find me on the Internet?” Small Business owner to me By Shashi Bellamkonda A few weekends ago on a Saturday morning, I went out to my car to begin my weekend errands and saw that I had…
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