Comments on: Becoming an Entrepreneurial Villager https://smallbizsurvival.com/2009/10/becoming-entrepreneurial-villager.html The small town and rural business resource Tue, 02 Jan 2018 21:57:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: Can you make it big from a small town? https://smallbizsurvival.com/2009/10/becoming-entrepreneurial-villager.html#comment-10528 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:52:43 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=772#comment-10528 […] Is it really possible to live and work where you want? Or do you have to be located where the action is?We talk about this a lot here, and Jesse offered an interesting opinion in the comments on Barbara Winter’s guest post, Becoming and Entrepreneurial Villager: […]

]]> By: Becky McCray https://smallbizsurvival.com/2009/10/becoming-entrepreneurial-villager.html#comment-3004 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:12:21 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=772#comment-3004 Jackie, if I read you right, your main point is that small towns are dwindling, and that hurts local service and retail businesses. Of course, not all small towns are dwindling. Many are growing. But for those who are facing a decline in population, it’s tough. And that is exactly why I started this site: to provide small business and economic development information to small towns, so they could slow, stop, or even reverse their decline. Right now, the tools are available to you and your community to make a difference, and not just accept things the way they are.

]]> By: Jackie https://smallbizsurvival.com/2009/10/becoming-entrepreneurial-villager.html#comment-3003 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:57:14 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=772#comment-3003 I think you need to define the type of bussiness that you are referring to. The examples of success seemed to be all consultants or authors who probably are not relying on the small population of the rural town they reside in. A retail business or a service oriented business, however, relies heavily upon the population of their town. And they rely upon those folks that might stop as a tourist. The number of supporters in the small towns are dwindling quickly as large companies shut their doors and cause the rural residents to leave town. Lack of industry and tourism is causing the retail/service businesses to “tread water”.

]]> By: Becky McCray https://smallbizsurvival.com/2009/10/becoming-entrepreneurial-villager.html#comment-2998 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:39:39 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=772#comment-2998 Jesse, I disagree. Look at Des Walsh in a small town in Australia, Ted Demopoulos in a completely rural area in New England, Pam O’Hara and Michelle Riggen-Ransom of Batch Blue of Rhode Island, and I can go on and on. They may not meet your definition of “make it big,” but they are doing lots more than “treading water.”

]]> By: Life Coaches https://smallbizsurvival.com/2009/10/becoming-entrepreneurial-villager.html#comment-2994 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:01:10 +0000 http://smallbizsurvival.com/?p=772#comment-2994 Great ideas!

Its true the new technology enhanced economy allows each of us to have more autonomy over our personal and professional live and where we choose to live. But I still think that in order to make it big (not just tread water) you have to go where the people are.

I mean it says a lot that you are located in Las Vegas! Anyway, its great to see someone writing about small town business. As more of these markets become aware of the resources available on the internet your name and popularity are only going to skyrocket!

Congrats

Jesse

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