Read the story of one woman and her family in rural Scotland. Denice Purdie’s husband was disabled in an accident around Christmas 2004. Her family couldn’t afford to stay in the tiny village of Colintraive, and couldn’t uproot the children to move. At the urging of friends, she started a business selling the organic soaps…
Noah Kagan, Okdork blog, is on vacation. To fill in, he has tapped a group of internet entrepreneurs to share their stories. Today is Mike Li. Li is bucking the usual tips, with ideas like hire those around you and make the best of it! I enjoyed his advice as a break from the usual…
Brian Depew, The Rural Populist blog, has the story on businesses moving into our ruralSchool Buildings for Sale. This is happening all across the US heartland. Nearby Carmen, Oklahoma, recently brought in a pool supply company, to their town of 400. Buffalo, Oklahoma, population 1200, recruited a textbook business, and had two more potential businesses…
Remember my whole series on failure? Maybe I started something! Two posts today from completely different sources contemplating these same ideas. (Odd that they are on the same day…) Mr. R (also known as Roman) is reading Jack Welch’s book, Winning, and thinking about How to act like a winner when you feel like a…
It’s Friday! Time for the Brag Basket!(Actually, you can brag throughout the weekend.) How does this work? Post a comment about anything to do with your business that you would like to brag about. So far, only one new person a week is brave enough to brag. Are ya’ feelin’ brave? Then brag away! Feel…
YouSendIt lets you send huge emails to anyone without clogging up their inbox. I’ll have to try this next time I want to send massive photo emails to Jeanne! Found at VerusNova. small biz rural entrepreneurship tools
Progressive Farmer has an article detailing how rural retail is changing, Not Your Father’s Farm Store. Indeed, successful retailers know that much of what they sell can be had in the big box stores, sometimes cheaper. It’s what goes along with the sale that keeps their parking lots full. “We have four certified crop advisers,…
Stephanie Chandler, at Seize Your Entrepreneurial Dreams, has a terrific idea to encourage word or mouth referrals: Recently one of my bookstore customers mentioned that she originally learned about my store from her hair dresser. That got me thinking about my own hair dresser and how she’s a great source for finding out about restaurants…
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