How are small businesses working through innovation challenges? - Washington Business Journal | Small business news; tips; networking

Posted by ShashiBellamkonda under Online Marketing
From http://washington.bizjournals.com 5205 days ago
Made Hot by: Small Business Manifesto on August 29, 2010 8:46 pm

In every conversation with Steve, he tells me interesting small business success stories that he has encountered as part of his research. Steve will be speaking at the GrowSmartBiz Small Business Conference, organized by Network Solutions and the Washington Business Journal, on Nov. 5 in D.C.
He also is involved with analyzing the Network Solutions Small Business Success Index, which is co-sponsored by the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business. It surveys the competitive health of small businesses twice a year. The latest report to be released in September indicates that small business owners find marketing and innovation a challenge. I wanted to get Steve’s opinion on his experience researching small business innovation and on other new trends like co-working.

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Written by HeatherStone
5205 days ago

Interesting discussion, Sashi. Especially the part about co-working. Of course, it's another general term for the increasing number of non-traditional work styles people are adopting to meet social and economic changes. But it's interesting to give it a name.

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Written by ShashiBellamkonda
5198 days ago

Thanks Heather. I hear more and more young folks are leaning towards being their own boss even if they have to sacrifice money and want to own their time. Co-working may be a tool for them and I also heard a term not coming to my mind right now about kind of coworking meetups that take place as people open thier houses for coworking

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