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    In case you think all of this is a Blinding Flash of the Obvious

    April 14, 2006August 27, 2014

    Think what we are saying is too basic? Or too repetitive? “People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.” Dr. Samuel Johnson We owe Mark Taylor for the Blinding Flash of the Obvious quote. small biz rural entrepreneurship

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    GTD Hack: Set Micro-Goals

    April 14, 2006August 27, 2014

    Chris Brogan is still Getting Things Done. His latest post is on setting micro-goals. It’s like the old saying, you can eat an elephant one bite at a time. The key is to set the goals JUST high enough that they’re not meaningless and trivial, but they’re not so big a bite that you’ve got…

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    Two Suggestions for Biz Owners Who Work Long Hours

    April 14, 2006August 27, 2014

    Inc.com has one of those headlines that really didn’t take a survey to find out: Business Owners Work Twice as Much as Employees, Survey Finds. Surprised? Me neither. How much do we work? Thirty-three percent of small-business owners reported working more than 50 hours per week, while an additional 25% said they work more than…

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    Solutions from Within – Why the"Farm Bill" Matters to Small Biz People

    April 13, 2006August 27, 2014

    By John Crabtree, johnc@cfra.org Solutions to rural America’s challenges will come from rural communities; not from Washington and Wall Street. Then why does the Center for Rural Affairs speak out about federal investment in rural America? Because there will be another farm bill, commodity program, rural development title and continued debate about the future of…

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    Build an Organization

    April 12, 2006August 27, 2014

    The great CEO of General Motors, Alfred Sloan, was a business leader who understood that a corporation’s greatest asset is its people. Sloan once said, “Take my assets but leave me my organization, and, in five years, I’ll have it all back.” Sloan understood that every business is a people business. -Mary Kay Ash Your…

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    New opportunities in rural areas

    April 12, 2006August 27, 2014

    By Ed Morrison, EDPro One of the paradoxes of globalization is that our rural economies have multiple new opportunities to build wealth. The expanding role of entrepreneurship in rural economic development, combined with the emergence of smaller towns, open up new horizons for rural economies. (On the emergence of smaller towns, see Jack Schultz’ book,…

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    Rural Advantage 2: Random Encounters

    April 11, 2006August 27, 2014

    Small towns beat big towns for Random Encounters that can benefit your business. No need to ‘manufacture a Starbuck’s moment’ in a small town. Any trip to the post office can lead to the kind of chance meeting that spurs a creative thought, builds a new partnership, or leads to new business. Referrals are a…

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    Women Entrepreneurs Cite Health Care, Energy as Top Concerns

    April 11, 2006August 27, 2014

    “Despite a wide variety of strong concerns, women business owners are nonetheless optimistic, according the survey, with 76% of respondents expecting their revenues to increase this year, while 57% planning to add up to five employees.” From: Inc.com By: Ryan J. McCarthy Soaring health-care and energy costs are the two most pressing issues facing today’s…

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