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GEW: Rural Entrepreneurship in small villages in Portugal – panel video

By Deb Brown

A group of people seated at outdoor tables in front of a tapas restaurant in Portugal. They turn and smile for the camera.

Part of our Global Entrepreneurship Week celebration Nov 13-19, 2023. Speaking about small businesses, entrepreneurship and sharing rural stories Story and photos by Deb Brown I was invited to speak in Portugal by my friend and business associate Frederico Lucas. My first night in Lisbon I spoke at this event hosted at the coworking space NOW […]

November 19, 2023 Filed Under: entrepreneurship, global, rural Tagged With: Deb Brown, entrepreneurship, GEW, Global Entrepreneurship Week, Portugal, rural

Surviving the Peaks and Valleys of Seasonal Small Business in a Rural Ski Town

By Small Biz Survival

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Part of our Global Entrepreneurship Week celebration Nov 13-19, 2023. Guest post by Mike Humphrey, Japan Skiing has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I don’t know why my parents decided skiing would be our family sport. They were not avid skiers, and we didn’t live in a ski […]

November 17, 2023 Filed Under: entrepreneurship, global, management, POV, rural, tourism, workforce Tagged With: building a business, entrepreneurship, GEW, Global Entrepreneurship Week, good management practices, guest post, hospitality business, management, rural, seasonal business, small business success

Innovative Rural Business Models: video

By Becky McCray

Becky McCray and Deb Brown featured on the Virtual Speaker Series

Part of our Global Entrepreneurship Week celebration Nov 13-19, 2023. Rural business people are trying a variety of different business models today, including pop-ups, shared buildings, businesses inside of other businesses and more. Entrepreneurs are using these smaller-scale experiments and tests to learn what works before making a huge investments. Learn how these Innovative Rural […]

November 16, 2023 Filed Under: economic development, entrepreneurship, global, rural Tagged With: Becky McCray, Deb Brown, Global Entrepreneurship Week, Innovative Rural Business Models, video

Pop Up in An Empty Lot

By Deb Brown

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Part of our Global Entrepreneurship Week celebration Nov 13-19, 2023. Starting a business the old way is hard On an Idea Friendly visit to Jackson County, Kentucky, I visited with a group of artists/entrepreneurs. This group had created a loose organization called the Jackson County KY Creative Community. They wanted to start businesses, but were […]

November 15, 2023 Filed Under: economic development, entrepreneurship, rural, success Tagged With: Deb Brown, economic development, entrepreneurship, events, Global Entrepreneurship Week, guest post, Innovative Rural Business Models

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