The Whole World is Like a Small Town: Lessons from Rural Entrepreneurs Our economy is more like a small town now, with tight lending and low consumer demand. Technology has made it easy for every one of your customers to talk to every other one of your customers, just like a small town. And society is more focused than ever on small neighborhoods and local business, just like small towns. When the whole world seems like one small town, small towns are the learning lab, and small town entrepren...
Ho-Chunk, Inc., CEO Lance Morgan tells how they grew from one employee to 1000 in a town of 1500 over the past 15 years. ;
USDA Rural Development Director for Iowa Bill Menner explains how Rural Development relates to small business. ;
My friend Scott Townsend from United Linen took time out after the Get Social Conference in Oklahoma City to share some of the techniques they use to stand out from other linen services. ;
West Virginian Ben Curnett took time out at SOBCon to talk about small business, tourism, and small towns. How can our unique geography unite, rather than divide us? Find Ben on Twitter: @bencurnett
The Social Media Breakfast is practically a movement. It started with Brian Person in Boston, back in 2007. Now they occur all over in 40 cities, everywhere from Waco, Texas, to Singapore. When the Austin SMB group got together during South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) festival, they invited me to present a rural perspective, "How Social Media and Business Thrive in Rural America." It was a lively, interactive, wired audience. More high tech people are moving to small towns, like Aliza She...
Ted Rubin, Chief Marketing Officer for Eyes Lips Face, took time out at BlogWorld Expo to tell us how ELF started small, and has grown. Are you daring to dream big with your small business?
Joel Wiggins, Enterprise Center of Johnson County. www.ecjc.com Some promising ideas for high tech businesses ag based businesses in rural areas. Interviewed by Becky McCray at NASVF - the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds, Oklahoma City, September 2009
