Free applause! Get your free applause here! Leave a comment, telling us something great from this week. We’ll all applaud for you and celebrate your successes with you. Splendid failures, those great attempts that should have worked, are welcome, too. You can brag on your business, your community, or your self. It doesn’t have to…
In the middle of an article on a different subject, Zane Safrit spills his successful formula for improving your small business cash flow. The goal was to add x percent to our already positive cash flows. The deadline immediate…and we’d look at the results compiled over the next 12 months to judge whether a bonus…
Becky McCray I started Small Biz Survival because I am a small town entrepreneur. I write about small business and rural issues, based on my own successes and failures. My husband and I own a small town retail liquor store and cattle ranch. I also work with small businesses to maintain their web presence and…
Each day, I read tons of different sites, looking for interesting small business, economic development and rural community stories. I find far more than I can ever write about. Plus, many of them don’t require any comment; I just want to share them!I’ve taken some inspiration from David Finch and started using Google Reader‘s Shared…
What is the best thing about Friday? I think it is the Brag Basket! Once a week, I offer this post as a safe place to brag. You can brag on your business, your community, or your self. The goal is to encourage you to review your week. Learned anything? Made any accomplishments you’d like…
“In business, you reward people for taking risks. When it doesn’t work out, you promote them because they were willing to try new things. If people come back and tell me they skied all day and never fell down, I tell them to try a different mountain.”Mike Bloomberg New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided Tour….
“My belief is that everyone has a story.”Jeff Pulver Our Friend Jeff Pulver is a big believer in the Power of One. One person can make a difference. One person can do something amazing. This summer, he is encouraging everyone, you and me, to profile some of the amazing people we meet. The trick is,…
Writing about The Dip and The Long Tail triggered some additional thoughts for rural entrepreneurs. Here are two basic strategies to successful small town small biz. 1. Be a generalist. This is the Long Tail, kinda. Because you are in a limited market, you have to offer a very broad range of products or services….
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