Laura Girty has worked in economic development for more than ten years. What has she learned? Email and RSS subscribers may need to click through to Small Biz Survival to see the video. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get our updates.
What if we could change investing from a gamble in the stock market into a local development tool? That’s the basic question behind Amy Cortese’s book “Locavesting: The Revolution in Local Investing and How to Profit From It.” This book does a great job of explaining the problems in the current financial system, and laying…
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one October 28-30, 2011. Oct 30 is National Candy Corn Day. FYI.Photo by SnarkyGurl. Don’t hold back because of that word, “brag.” When you hold back, you hide your good news and accomplishments that might inspire others. Even…
Reader Paul Gothier of RTP Designs LLC asked how to search for past articles here on Small Biz Survival, so I thought now was a great time to show you how. On the right of the page near the bottom, you’ll see a search box that says “Search Small Biz Survival.” That is the built in search-function, and…
Sometimes I ask the hard questions or make the hard points. This is one of those times. Photo by my friend Gloria Bell. If your business is not making it, then it is time to change something. Let me share a couple of examples. But I Can’t Afford To! Part 1When I suggested small business…
At the Oklahoma Governor’s Conference on Small Business, Larry Mocha gave a couple of pieces of pointed networking advice. Vikki Dearing from the Oklahoma Department of Commerce is a long time friend,and Tara Fiechtl from CareerTechwas a new friend from the conference. You know how it is at conferences; we always gravitate towards the people we already…
The Brag Basket is our tradition of sharing. The basket is always free and open all weekend, this one October 21-23, 2011. I love the Brag Basket. Even though I call this the Brag Basket, it’s not really about bragging. It’s about sharing. What can you do in the Brag Basket? introduce yourself share some…
Cascade Supply, Inc., in Concrete, Washington, is the “You name it – We got it” store. They aren’t kidding. There is more packed into this downtown store than you could ever imagine. If you love a good hardware store or lumber yard, this place is a piece of heaven. Cascade Supply Lumber and Builders Supply….
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