I could not resist subscribing to the How to Start a Two-Bit Operation blog. That was the perfect title to pull me in. This week, they’ve written about their Point of View on taking breaks from business. Here’s where breaks come in handy… Breaks from work. Breaks from each other : ) Breaks from thinking….
Your community’s best economic developers are not on the payroll at your development authority or the local government. Lots of times, they are the successful entrepreneurs. Pat Matthews, author of Small Town, Big Ideas blog, is a perfect example. As many of you know, I think that Blacksburg has a lot of potential as a…
How do you ask your customers to give you quality referrals? Here’s an idea from my sister Connie Foote’s Mary Kay unit newsletter. It’s an idea that comes from Tracie Carley’s unit, an Independent Senior Sales Director from Lakeland, Florida. According to Tracie, it’s an easy, inexpensive way for Independent Beauty Consultants to find new…
Melonie Murray, at the SmallBizMentor, reviewed part of CCH’s Business Owner’s Toolkit. Their Getting Started section begins with the basics, such as asking if you’re actually cut out to operate a small business and helping you estimate your chances of succeeding with your dream. Other sections delve into financing and marketing, dealing with hired help…
Cristian Dorobantescu has two great posts this week on why and why not to be an entrepreneur. First, here are 5 reasons to take the part time entrepreneurship path …and not the full time entrepreneurship experienceWriting an entrepreneurship blog gives me the chance to express my personal beliefs rather than a “by the book theory”….
In the US Heartland, we are hearing about more and more ethanol plants. The nearby “big little” town of Enid, Oklahoma, is working on a second plant, even before completing the first. So you know that this is big and exploding. But we are also hearing some contrarian voices, knocking ethanol as not all its…
Tim and Natalie at Decisive Flow are my favorite Web 2.0 experts. That means they go through all the cool new internet tools and write useful reviews. Of all the sites out there, seems like I’m quote from Natalie and Tim more than anyone else! So, here’s another post stolen, I mean borrowed, I mean…
Can it be Friday already? Time for the Brag Basket!(Actually, you can brag throughout the weekend.) Wow! That week went quick! Where did all the days go? Time to take a deep breath, relax, and think over your business this week. How did the week go? Did you accomplish what you set out to do?…
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