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    Rural entrepreneurship news – cell phones, partnerships

    January 31, 2007August 27, 2014

    More rural entrepreneurship news to report.Cell phones essential to rural businesses globallyI will vouch for this story. In my trips to Africa, I’ve seen how cell phones are vital to rural business people. Broaden your world perspective with this story at MyFox.[Rural cell phone user conducting business in Namibia, Africa, by Francois Haasbrock.] How is…

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    Rural entrepreneurship news 1-30

    January 30, 2007August 27, 2014

    Broadband means more than internet access Connect SI is a 20-county effort to collaboratively enhance the economic and community development efforts throughout Southern Illinois using greater Internet access and bandwidth to communicate regionally and globally. This project isn’t about broadband internet access. It is about improving the quality of the lives of Southern Illinoisans by…

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    Rural entrepreneurship news 1-25

    January 25, 2007August 27, 2014

    More rural entrepreneurship news to report: Developing an Entrepreneurship Culture Ontario (Canada) is working to develop a culture of entrepreneurship in their youth. The Government of Ontario is funding Youth Entrepreneurship Partnerships. Youth Entrepreneurship Partnerships provides grants to non-profit organizations for programs that promote the development of entrepreneurial skills in youths. Fourteen projects representing $1,597,000…

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    Rural entrepreneurship news 1-18

    January 18, 2007August 27, 2014

    Development vs. rural housesBig rural projects, like the spate of new ethanol plants, can create problems as they run over the top of existing houses.“Counties should limit where people can build homes in rural areas…. But if a house already is there, it can be difficult to resolve a conflict….” Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette. Enterpreneurship…

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    Rural entrepreneurship news 1-17

    January 17, 2007August 27, 2014

    Time for more rural entrepreneurship news headlines! One Governor puts his budget money into rural broadbandSouth Carolina Governor Mark Sanford “included $2 million in his executive budget to help provide high-speed Internet access to areas, such as Allendale, through direct and matching grants.” Island Packet Online.And, from New York, The Ithica Journal profiles rural broadband,…

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    Rural entrepreneurship news roundup 1-7

    January 8, 2007August 27, 2014

    More rural entrepreneurship news to share. One Stop Support for Small BusinessesNebraska (USA) is using local colleges to bring together all the agencies that help small business. They are also creating a uniform entrepreneurship curriculum. They are calling it NET Force Nebraska. Economic Impact of FestivalsDo festivals contribute to your local economy? Take the example…

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    Rural entrepreneurship news roundup

    January 4, 2007August 27, 2014

    Welcome, SCORE Rural Resource readers! Besides this round up, we have more rural small business articles. See the newest ones on the Home Page. Todays news was full of stories on rural entrepreneurship. Here’s a roundup. Towns turn to the arts and revive Main StreetsThe Economist magazine (USA)Some surviving small towns have simply become bedroom…

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    Wisconsin’s inventor and entrepreneur clubs

    December 26, 2006August 27, 2014

    By Ed Morrison Wisconsin promotes inventor and entrepreneur clubs as a rural economic development strategy. Thirty-five of the state’s 72 counties now have clubs operating. Read more here and here . You can cvisit one of the club web sites here. You can visit the Wisconsin web site here. New to SmallBizSurvival.com? Take the Guided…

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