Run ’til you puke, then run some more
Many years ago when I was a freshman in high school, I tried out for the cross country team. At one of our first races, I remember giving it everything I had in the final sprint for the finish line. Making it through the chute and coming out on the other side, I bent over with [...]
Continue reading...19. August 2010
Run ’til you puke, then run some more
Many years ago when I was a freshman in high school, I tried out for the cross country team. At one of our first races, I remember giving it everything I had in the final sprint for the finish line. Making it through the chute and coming out on the other side, I bent over with [...]
Continue reading...12. August 2010
A profound sign on the 101
I’m out on vacation this week, driving through Oregon down the 101 with my father. We stopped in a small town called Reedsport to look around in a few shops along the way, and as I entered one establishment noticed a peculiar sign on the door. The sign itself was not pequliar. The typical “Welcome, Kindly Step [...]
Continue reading...5. August 2010
A little less conversation, a little more action - from the Fed
While Elvis Presley’s song, “A Little Less Conversation” has nothing to do with our current state of small business credit, the sentiment behind the lyrics are the same for me. Elvis wanted his girl to close her mouth, open up her heart and satisfy him. In the same way, I want the federal government to [...]
Continue reading...29. July 2010
How Google can help your small business
Recently the U.S. Small Business Administration announced that it has partnered with Google to provide “Tools for Online Success.” This partnership is a natural fit. One in five searches on Google are for the purpose of finding a location. Additionally, this year marked the point where more people are looking online for location information more [...]
Continue reading...22. July 2010
Colorado ranks third in the country for the best place for business
In a recent special report by CNBC, Colorado is ranked as the third best place in the country for business behind Texas and Virginia, first and second respectively. Scoring all 50 states using publicly available data to measure 40 different categories, states received points based on their ranking in each metric. These 40 metrics were [...]
Continue reading...15. July 2010
Small business guided adventure: Fly fishing in Tarryall
A few months ago, the Small Business Development Center went through a tremendous program to help us develop our brand. Special thanks to Suzanne Tulien and Carol Chapman of Brand Ascension Group for taking us on this journey. The exercise was too much to go into here in this format, but I want to share the results. We [...]
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19. August 2010
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