Derrick Parkhurst (Thirty Sixth Span) is organizing a cool high tech event in Oklahoma City, the OpenBeta Conference. OpenBeta is for technology professionals, entrepreneurs, enthusiasts, and investors based in central Oklahoma who are interested in: Online Technologies | Web 2.0 | Social Media | Entrepreneurism | Business Startups | Social Networking | Viral Marketing |…
Des Walsh is a cool guy. His business card says business coach and blogging evangelist. But really, he’s a small town guy. He and I bonded over our shared view that technology allows you to live where you like. He told me his post office sotry. A friend of Des, who is a business coach,…
This weekend, I’m talking business at BlogWorld Expo. If you’re there, too, come say hi! Together with David Bullock and Shama Hyder, I’ll be talking about how to streamline business planning for real people. How do you do that? Well, first you need to figure out your business. Then you’ll need to figure out your…
One of our readers left us a comment, with this question, “I live in a small town and I would love to start a community Farmer’s Market that would be on the line of a ‘Flea Market’. Where do I start?” Great question! Here are some ideas to get you going. First you need to…
Remember our cool Checklists for Starting Your First Business? Well, I thought it was cool enough to submit for a SXSW panel. Liz Strauss has agreed to co-present along with me, but first… we have to survive the Panel Picker! If you would like to support us, drop by the SXSW Panel Picker and look for…
On the Entrepreneur Club, our friend Patti Serrano interviews a parade of interesting small business people. Patti was kind enough to invite me to join her tonight. We’ll be talking about “Succeeding in a Small Town.” If you want to join us, we’ll be live tonight, Monday, July 21, 2008, at 9:00pm EDT / 8:00pm…
What if we held a conference with no speakers? We could all spend time thinking and planning. We could choose to talk with someone when it would help, or be quiet and focus, or some of each. We could spend a day, or two, on the things we just don’t get to, otherwise. We could…
On Thursday May 1, Barbara K. Baker proposes we revive some real world connecting. Get out and chat with a neighbor. Maybe even deliver a little May Day basket. Do you remember those little baskets of flowers you would leave on a neighbor’s door? Just exactly the kind of thing that used to be a…
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