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A question I get asked often by marketers and others is, “What exactly is a small business?” By that, the questioner means, “What is the size that separates a small business from a big business:”
Maketers want to know the answer to this question because they have in mind, an ideal audience for their particular...
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Over the past few years, the interactive part of South by Southwest, the giant music, film and technology festival held each spring in Austin, Texas, has grown into a 15,000+ attendee “spring break for geeks,” as some wags have started calling it.
As I’ve been one of those “geeks” who just wrapped up my sixth...
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A new study released by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, a not-for-profit academic research consortium, finds that in almost every country worldwide, “entrepreneurship education and training is inadequate, especially in primary and secondary schools.” In surveys with more than 100,000 individuals, GEM found that 80% of entrepreneurship education and training is provided through formal...
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(After our post yesterday about reaching out to others in times of challenge, I noticed a post by a friend whose blog is read by many people in the housing business—an industry that has been especially challenging over the past couple of years. Thanks to Dan McCarthy for allowing us to re-post this from...
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When things are going great and a small business owner sees the chance to learn something from a small business owner friend, there is no hesitation to reach out and ask for insight into how something works, or how to do something better.
So I know small business owners have the ability to...
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Across the U.S. — indeed, around the world — universities are responding to a wave of students who want careers as entrepreneurs and small business owners. Over 110 university programs focused on such entrepreneurship, small business and family business education and training are now featured in the SmallBusiness.com University Entrepreneurship Programs Hub. Each entry...
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