Alva, Oklahoma, is my home town, and we have a group of partners supporting entrepreneurship. During the Global Entrepreneurship Week, the partners are sponsoring Entrepreneurship from Passions to Profit: Building your Business, and our own Glenna Mae is a featured speaker. (Go, Mom!) At this event, the focus is on “how to build and encourage…
Your business can’t survive alone. You can greatly improve your chances by networking with other entrepreneurs. My hometown of Alva, Oklahoma, is working on this, with Fast Forward Fridays. Alva Area Chamber of Commerce Director Alexandra Mantz explained, “We hope to bring budding entrepreneurs in the region together to talk and find resources that will…
Click to Play Dr. James C. Fouse directs El Dorado Promise. The promise… go to school, graduate, get a scholarship. He was the guest speaker at the NWOSU Foundationannual donor appreciation dinner, and I asked him about the promise, about how small business can play a role in education, and about El Dorado, Arkansas (population…
High Speed Internet is essential for economic growth and global competitiveness. The United States has a lot of ground to cover just to remain competitive with other economies that have already adopted policies that facilitate job growth, business advancement, and individual achievement through access to the latest information technologies. Broadband access is a topic we…
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…
I’m always watching for small business people who share what works for them. Rex Hammock snuck this gem into a story on the iPhone. I already have an AT&T 3G account that allows me to access the Internet using a Sierra Wireless USB modem. While I think it is ridiculous that tethering is not allowed…
Winner of the most deceptive headline of the week award is Cherry Creek News for this gem: SCHWARTZ BRINGS BROADBAND TO RURAL COLORADO The actual story? A bill passed one step of the legislative process. Several big steps to go. So that is hardly bringing it, right? And what does the bill actually propose? Mapping….
OK, broadband maybe didn’t change my life overnight, but I could not do my work effectively with out it! So I was all over this email from Joy Howell. My name is Joy and I am the director of a new public awareness campaign called “Broadband Changed My Life.” Being a blogger who is active…
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