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    Failure: The Highway to Success

    April 25, 2006August 27, 2014

    Jeff Cornwall, The Entrepreneurial Mind, is also thinking about success and failure: Most highly successful entrepreneurs will tell you that along the road to success in their businesses they were often on the brink of failure. But they persevered. They found a way to make payroll. They found a way to make that critical sale….

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    Rural wisdom: Try what works

    April 25, 2006August 27, 2014

    by John Crabtree, johnc@cfra.org That is what my father often said to me. As a teenager I was always looking for a quicker way to get my farm chores done so I could spend time with friends. My shortcuts most often yielded inferior results and took longer. But I would keep at it, thinking that…

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    Can a university fit an entrepreneur’s needs?

    April 25, 2006August 27, 2014

    Chris Brogan has found a university that fits him: I went to an open house for Lesley University, based in Cambridge Massachusetts, and I was mighty pleased with their program offering for adult learners. Listen to this: first, they help you with “life experience” credits, so that you can write your way out of something…

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    A nation on the Move

    April 25, 2006August 27, 2014

    One of my favorites when it comes to rural tourism information is the man from BoomTown. This is the latest e-news! Last week the U.S. Census Bureau came out with a report on migration trends, Domestic Net Migration in the United States: 2000 to 2004. They broke down migration patterns by region, state and MSA…

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    Failure Quote of the Day: I never gave up

    April 25, 2006August 27, 2014

    “If you stay committed, your dreams can come true. I’m living proof of it. I left home at 17 and had nothing but rejections for 25 years. I wrote more than 20 screenplays, but I never gave up.” — Michael Blake, author of Dances with Wolves small biz rural entrepreneurship

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    Nebraska’s Building Entrepreneurial Communities Program

    April 25, 2006August 27, 2014

    By Ed Morrison, EDPro Nebraska has a new initaitive to encourage entrepreneurial communities. Last week, the governor announced the first awards under the program. Read more.The purpose of the Building Entrepreneurial Communities Program is to support economically depressed rural areas of Nebraska in building entrepreneurial communities. You can learn more here. small biz rural entrepreneurship

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    Failure Quote of the Day: Fail. Forward. Fast.

    April 24, 2006August 27, 2014

    Two of my favorites: Fail. Forward. Fast. (“Reward Excellent Failures, PunishMediocre Successes.”) —Tom Peters “Fail often to succeed sooner.” — IDEO company slogan While I couldn’t find this slogan on their current page, I did enjoy IDEO’s About Us page for more this same point of view. Failure is a necessary part of success. We…

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    Indiana’s rural strategy

    April 24, 2006August 27, 2014

    By Ed Morrison, EDPro For the past nine months or so, EDPros in Indiana, led by Purdue’s Center for Regional Development, have been working on a rural economic development strategy. Called “The Spirit and Quality of Place: A 2020 Vision for the Indiana Countryside”, the report represents the best thinking of over 150 people involved…

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