The research behind some recent posts reminded me of what we already know. Rural and small town small biz get no respect. You can find all the info in the world for entrepreneurs and small businesses with up to 500 employees. You and I both know that in our world, 500 employees qualifies you as…
By Anita Campbell, author of Small Business Trends So how do I follow business trends? Many many ways, but I will describe fiveof them. First, I subscribe to magazines. Second, I read multiple newspapers. Third, I use many of the RSS feedmonitoring tools and specialty search engines that have hit the market at adizzying pace…
The Del.icio.us Popular list is one of the methods I too have been using for several months now. From perusing the bookmarks on the Del.icio.us Popular pages, you can see the problems that people are trying to solve. For instance, right now the Popular pages contain several bookmarks related to (1) email triage, and (2)…
“Motivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, now you have a motivated idiot.” Jim Rohn Knowwhatimean? [Jim Rohn] [motivation]
More on the subject of combating “brain drain.” This time: how to get your alumni back, at any stage of life. Action Items for Everyone: Hold awe inspiring alumni reunions. Cross the Year boundaries and combine all the classes. Do this more than once every millenia. (Waynoka does it every 5 years.) Pick one online…
My post on boosting the number of people going to college contained a laundry list of suggestions for combating brain drain. The topic is important enough to deserve much more attention. So here is the first of hopefully several posts with some additional specific action items for you as a small biz person. Topic #1:…
Mark Drabenstott, vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and director of the Center for the Study of Rural America, believes innovation is the key to the future for rural counties. The next great solution to the economy is sitting in a classroom right now. If you plant the seed early enough…
Ed Morrison, over at the EDPro Weblog says: Boosting the percentage of adults with higher educational attainment is one of the most direct pathways to a higher income economy. In rural areas with declining population, we are used to additional education leading to more “brain drain.” We raise sharp kids, prep them, send them off…
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