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    Brag Basket Number 125

    BySmall Biz Survival November 21, 2008December 15, 2014

    Each Friday, I open the Brag Basket. This is the 125th Brag Basket. Woohoo!   Obviously, it’s designed as a fun place for you to share your projects and accomplishments. But you can also cheer for other people, give shout outs, congratulate, and even give someone a well-deserved pat on the back. The Brag Basket…

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    Update on small town bank solvency

    ByBecky McCray November 21, 2008August 27, 2014

    How are small town banks doing now? Yesterday, Sheila Ferrell, VP Cashier of Farmers Exchange Bank, gave me an update on small town banks. She has been with Farmers for 24 years. It’s a terrific little bank in Cherokee, Oklahoma, (population approx. 1600), with a few branches in surrounding towns. Ferrell stressed that Farmers is…

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  • entrepreneurship | finance

    Our best Accounting Basics articles

    ByBecky McCray November 19, 2008September 27, 2016

    Accounting and finance is one of those topics no one likes to deal with. Except us. We like to talk about it because we (Maesz and I) do it, and we teach it. We’ve written a series of articles on accounting and bookkeeping, and here are some of our better items. Do you get accounting?…

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    Videos from OpenBeta OKC featuring TwitPic Founder

    ByBecky McCray November 18, 2008August 27, 2014

    OpenBeta is where ideas meet opportunity. It’s the event in OKC that brought together a wide range of techies, social media folks, and entrepreneurs in one place for networking, demos and talks. Videos from all the talks are now available, at OpenBeta. The headliner is the keynote from TwitPic Founder Noah Everett. Betcha didn’t know…

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    The Cheap Small Biz Software Guide

    ByBecky McCray November 17, 2008August 27, 2014

    I’m cheap. I bought a new laptop for business, but I balk at paying $400 or more extra for software, for a laptop that cost $700. What should I download to install on my new small business laptop? Here are my top picks for no cost programs that are actually useful for the majority of…

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    The untitled Brag Basket

    BySmall Biz Survival November 14, 2008December 15, 2014

    Each Friday, I open the Brag Basket. Obviously, it’s designed as a fun place for you to brag on your projects and accomplishments. But you can also cheer for other people, give shout outs, congratulate, and even give someone a well-deserved pat on the back. The Brag Basket is open for everyone, whether from a…

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  • entrepreneurship | planning

    The best thing you can do for your business

    ByBecky McCray November 14, 2008August 27, 2014

    Today, the number one best thing you can do for your business is to spend time focusing on improving your business. You have unprecedented resources and support available to you, no matter where you are, to help you build and improve your business, to survive any economic conditions. You can read advice from innumerable business…

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  • failure | success

    Success has come because of failures

    ByBecky McCray November 11, 2008August 27, 2014

    Looking back at my life, though, I believe my success has come because of my failures – not despite them. I’ve got a pretty colorful history and made many bad decisions, but it wasn’t until about 5 years ago that I stopped concentrating and trying to improve what I was bad at and started to…

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