Turning Your Business Idea into a Strategy (Part 1)
By Dawn Fotopulos. I have a friend named George. He asks me to dinner once a year and the conversation always has the same ring to it. George has a great new idea. He wants to test it because he thinks...
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Yesterday, I published this post about the strategy you need to make a good business idea actually viable. I told you about Ewing Marion Kauffman, who worked for a pharmaceutical company for years...
View ArticleMixing Marriage and Business: Does it work?
Allen Kerr is best known for his donuts when the Arkansas State House of Representatives is not in session. As Representative for District 32, he takes his responsibility to the community seriously....
View ArticleConstructing a business: thriving on reputation
Ron Frost is a soft-spoken man who would rather let his work do the talking – and it never stops. His small business, Frost and Associates, does beautiful construction and remodeling work in Little...
View ArticlePlaying to win
Jacob Carey is not a typical New York City business man. A trained surgical technologist and father of four grown children, Jacob Carey had reached a point in his career where he could be taking it...
View ArticleSmall Business Success Stories!
Series: Small Business Successes! Sometimes you can learn as much from watching as you can from doing. There are millions of small businesses in the US. All of them have experienced different successes...
View ArticleCapturing the moment to build a business
The first wedding Jenna and Michael photographed was for a friend who didn’t have a budget for photography. Both were interested in photography as a hobby and maybe it was inevitable that they would...
View ArticleCapturing moments that last
We had so much fun talking with the Beards that we weren’t able to fit all of the good tips they shared in one post. So here is part two of our adventures with Michael Beard Photography. Working with a...
View Article8 flavors, a soda and more
When Sally Mengel and Rachel Moore debuted Loblolly Creamery in 2012, they could not have expected how wildly popular it would become in just two years. Both relied on previous restaurant experience as...
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