Brookings: Accelerating Business
What if you found a way to help entrepreneurs and small businesses repopulate a downtown district? And what if that made your community a place people would travel to from all over the state? Brookings, SD is off to a great start doing just that. Their city council just passed the Retail Acceleration Grant Program.…
Small towns: Change is coming
A pattern is emerging. I’m old school raised. You want something done there’s a process: you find the person or group to do it, you follow the rules, you do all the paperwork, you form a committee, you discuss it to death, you figure out the rules and regulations around it, you find the money…
Sunday Update: Right Now
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking. (Oh yeah, I made it to bootcamp all three days this week.) I think I look pretty good right now. RIGHT NOW. If nothing changes from here on out, I’m good. I’ll keep working out. I’ll keep trying to eat right. I’ll keep laughing with my friends. I’ll…
Sunday Update: Persist
How many times have you thought “I can’t do this. Why am I even trying? What’s the point? It’s too hard. I’m not seeing results quick enough.” You don’t get better overnight. You don’t lose weight overnight. You don’t learn to eat the right way overnight. Those who don’t succeed have not tried enough times.…
Should Small Businesses Blog?
The short answer: yes. Google “small businesses that blog”. The answers you get back with blogs that are actually from small businesses and not marketers is woefully small. What a great opportunity to establish yourself as an expert, answer your customer’s questions and have some fun! I gave a presentation to the Social Media Breakfast…
Google Good Stuff
Looking for good flights? Check out www.google.com/flights Super easy to use and your can save your searches. I am going to Tucson on January, and currently I’ve got a round trip flight saved for $385. Now I can monitor it and see when it drops! Also, it’s a good idea to book on a Tuesday…
Webster City’s got Ag!
Imagine, if you will, an Iowa rural community Chamber of Commerce without an Ag Committee! I started my job as Chamber Director in 2013 and one of my first goals was to start a working Ag Committee. I began in March and it was not the best month to try to bring farmers to the…
Sunday Update: Stress
It’s been a full month, and we’re only 10 days in! We’re had an major announcement – RVTV is coming to Webster City. It involves a lot of planning, and it’s a month away. I was out two days this past week or Ag Urban Institute. I’m active as a volunteer at the movie theater…
Ag Urban: Eulogy
I graduated from the Ag Urban Institute yesterday. I spent a couple of days every other month with a group of ag and urban folks from around the state. Hosted by the Iowa Soybean Association, we met under the tutelage of Gus Gustafson and explored what it means to be a great leader. Exposed to…
Blog Action Day: Inequality
I was interviewed Tuesday and asked “What do women entrepreneurs need?” My response was “why don’t you just ask me what entrepreneurs need?” It got me to thinking … what inequalities are left for women entrepreneurs? I now have a post to write for Blog Action Day! What is Blog Action Day? Founded in…