“Success is not built on success. It’s built on failure. It’s built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.”— Sumner Redstone Found at Freelance Folder, 7 Pieces of Timeless Business Wisdom (worth a read, all the way through) New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.Photo: African thorns, by…
Each week, I open the Brag Basket. It’s designed as a fun place for you to share your projects and accomplishments. But you can also cheer for other people, give shout outs, congratulate, and even give someone a well-deserved pat on the back. The Brag Basket is open for everyone, whether from a small town,…
“ideas? easy. remembering them? harder. doing them? still harder. more than once? grueling. and world-changing.”Jon Swanson, via Twitter Photo by Jon Swanson, used by permission. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.
If you’re a rural small business person, I want you to introduce yourself. Our first proud rural entrepreneur is Caroline Jordan, from CashFlowRollerCoaster.com. ——————————————The sun peeks over Rice Hill shining into the bank of windows in my home office in Waterford, Maine (pop. 1450). My cats wander by and birds flit past the windows on…
For those of you who have contracted work out to other people, and who have paid those people $600 or more in the past year, now is the time to report that to the IRS and to remind the subcontractors that the payments they received are taxable. It is time to issue Form 1099 MISC….
If one book could revolutionize your small business, it’s Work The System, by Sam Carpenter. (Want a quick preview? Read the guest post Carpenter shared with us, Five Common Mistakes People Make When Starting Up a Small Business and How to Steer Clear of Them.) In the book, Carpenter walks you through his method of…
Every local business website needs to cover some basic information, but too often, we miss something basic. I just searched for some local businesses, and found many that were missing essential info. It’s easy to do, because you’re too close. You think everyone will know, you assume they can figure it out. But it doesn’t…
Straight from my email, meet Benjamin M. Martin. He’s looking for help with a small town restaurant: I live in Clarendon, Arkansas, population 1,700 or so (yes, seventeen hundred, lol). It’s in eastern rural Arkansas, commonly referred to as the Delta. The vast majority of people here are farmers and ‘old school’ where the fast…
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