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Rural entrepreneurship news 1-25
ByBecky McCray January 25, 2007August 27, 2014
More rural entrepreneurship news to report: Developing an Entrepreneurship Culture Ontario (Canada) is working to develop a culture of entrepreneurship in their youth. The Government of Ontario is funding Youth Entrepreneurship Partnerships. Youth Entrepreneurship Partnerships provides grants to non-profit organizations for programs that promote the development of entrepreneurial skills in youths. Fourteen projects representing $1,597,000…
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Resource: Great small biz articles in the Carnivals
ByBecky McCray January 25, 2007August 27, 2014
Our business ideas article was picked up for some Carnivals this week, so I thought I’d share them with you. Carnivals pull together links to some of the best recent online articles on one particular subject, so they make great exploratory reading. Go read these Carnivals for some terrific business-related articles: Business, Technology and Knowledge…
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Position Yourself as an Expert
ByBecky McCray January 23, 2007August 27, 2014
Onthaal, lezers Enthousiasmeren! Welcome, ProBlogger and Biz of Knowledge Readers! Here’s How to position yourself as an expert. Thank you to Bill Belew at Biz of Knowledge for compiling 66 of the great bloggers featured in our friend Ted Demopoulos‘ book, What Nobody Ever Tells You About Blogging and Podcasting. His post has now been…
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Resource: Small Business Ideas for Small Towns
ByBecky McCray January 22, 2007January 8, 2018
The best business ideas for small towns are already out there. Where do you find them? Here are four different ways to connect with great small business ideas. Keep in mind that you’ll find ideas you can freely use, ideas you will need to license for a fee, and ideas that are only available as…
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Idea: Buy, repair, sell
ByBecky McCray January 22, 2007August 27, 2014
Another small town small business idea: Buy damaged items from online auction sites, repair them, and then resell them. I got this idea from a student in one of my eBay classes. She would search eBay for broken china dolls. Her search keywords included “needs help” and “poor thing”. These broken dolls came at a…
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Podcast: Nothing New
ByBecky McCray January 20, 2007July 8, 2017
Think what we are saying is too basic? Or too repetitive? “People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.”Dr. Samuel Johnson It’s what Mark Taylor calls “a Blinding Flash of the Obvious.” Music by Frenz, from Pod Safe Audio. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see?…
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Brag Basket – It’s why I love Fridays
BySmall Biz Survival January 19, 2007December 15, 2014
It’s that time again! Brag Basket time! Once a week, I offer this post as a safe place to brag a bit. You can brag on your business, your community, or your self. The goal is to allow you a chance to review your week. Learned anything? Made any accomplishments you’d like to share? We…
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Best "Shop Local" campaign ever!
ByBecky McCray January 19, 2007August 27, 2014
Our friend Jack Schultz found the best ever “shop local” campaign. (From Oklahoma, of course!) An advertisement from the Perkins Community Foundation really caught my eye in the Perkins Journal. It showed a picture of the local fire department fighting a fire in the community with this caption, “If you have a fire, you need…
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Rural entrepreneurship news 1-25

Resource: Great small biz articles in the Carnivals

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Resource: Small Business Ideas for Small Towns

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Best "Shop Local" campaign ever!

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