Starting is easy. Finishing is hard. And we all tend to beat ourselves up over our many unfinished projects. I have just as many as you do, I’m sure. So here’s a trick I thought of while talking with the very smart Rob Hatch, and I think it has real potential. We all have trouble finishing…
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one June 15-17, 2012. Have some good news this week? Put it in the Brag Basket. Celebrating our first tomato this year!Photo (CC) by Chiot’s Run Don’t hold back because of that word, “brag.” When you hold…
HP offered us the chance to review an HP Folio 13 UltraBook, and to give away another one to you. Enter the giveaway at Sharing the HP Folio 13, deadline is Friday! (June 15, 2012) I’m a sucker for a great keyboard. I’ve worked with the Folio 13 for a couple of weeks now, and…
QR codes are everywhere, or so it seems. Most suffer from one or more of the 7 QR code mistakes that can kill your promotions. In Grand Rapids, Michigan, I saw one tourism campaign that actually avoids all those mistakes: The GR Tag Tour. The signs are posted on existing sign posts, with enough…
I’m weird. I love planning. I even like business planning, figuring out how to best present my business and fit it into the requirements and structure. Not everyone likes doing this. You, for example. You probably don’t like planning. You aren’t alone. I do love planning. I’m weird. And, I planned for this possibility, so…
Seen on the streets of Chicago: Rolling Rock is “Born Small Town.” Stop by their website, and you’ll see that they are embracing the “small town character.” Rolling Rock clearly gets that consumers are ready to embrace small towns. Is your brand ready for the shift in consumers?
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one June 8-10, 2012. Have some good news this week? Put it in the Brag Basket. Let’s have a picnic!Photo (CC) by Steven Depolo. Don’t hold back because of that word, “brag.” When you hold back, you…
Another report from the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies Conference. Alfa Demmellash, co-founder Rising Tide Capital, wanted to bring loan funds to underserved communities to start small businesses. When she met with potential entrepreneurs, they always mentioned lack of capital and access to loans as major problems. But what she found was that they…
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