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    POV: When I had no other options, I succeeded

    ByBecky McCray August 4, 2008March 3, 2022

    BizzFlip has boiled down some wisdom from a series of entrepreneur interviews. One quote that caught my eye came from Christine: I had tried to start businesses on the side for years, but because Ididn’t NEED them to succeed, they didn’t. When I quit my job and had noother options, I knew that I was…

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  • entrepreneurship | success

    Personality Test for Entrepreneurship Success

    ByJeanne Cole August 4, 2008August 27, 2014

    I found this back in January and saved it for a time when Becky would be gone and I would need to step up to the plate and post something! A guy by the name of Andy Swan gave some pretty decent criteria for testing personality to see if you have what it takes to…

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  • brag basket

    Help us with Brag Basket

    BySmall Biz Survival August 1, 2008December 15, 2014

    Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to give someone a pat on the back, brag, or promote yourself and your projects. This week, I won’t be here to cheer you on, so it’s up to you to cheer for each other. So if you don’t like bragging, why not jump…

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  • marketing

    Global marketing from a family farm

    ByBecky McCray July 31, 2008August 27, 2014

    Our friend G.L. Hoffman shared this family story of marketing, family farms, and global connections. Read the story,  and then think about this discussion question: What little things could you be doing right now to reach your customers in new and personal ways? New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour. Like what you see? Get…

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  • entrepreneurship

    Too much growth

    ByBecky McCray July 28, 2008August 27, 2014

    Can you have too much growth? What do you do with your business when you are hit with sudden popularity that outstrips your ability to produce? Carl V. Natale, @mainebusiness on Twitter, shared the link to When Being Too Good Becomes Bad, at Seeds of Growth. It was originally published by Brand Autopsy. (Thanks, Jay…

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    Brag Basket full of your good news

    BySmall Biz Survival July 25, 2008December 15, 2014

    Each Friday, I open the brag basket as a fun place to give someone a pat on the back, brag, or promote yourself and your projects. Tony Katz explained why this matters: It’s ok to have success, it’s ok to have great things happen in your life and it is ok to talk about those…

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  • customer service

    Audio: The other side of the counter

    ByBecky McCray July 24, 2008August 27, 2014

    Mobile post sent by BeckyMcCray using Utterz.  Replies.  mp3

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  • global

    Small Business Letter from America at SmallBizPod UK

    ByBecky McCray July 23, 2008August 27, 2014

    Small Biz Pod is a pioneering podcast in the UK, covering a whole range of small business issues. They also feature some text articles, and Alex Bellinger invited me to contribute a monthly column. He suggested calling it the Small Business Letter from America. It would be pretty cheeky of me to speak for the…

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