Check out our NEW
Blue Plate Special

What's a blue plate special? It's an inexpensive meal that's traditionally served with a meat and three side dishes. Quick, easy, no substitutions and offered at a great price.

At Good Idea Cafe, we offer our own version of the blue plate special. It's the perfect "starter site" for the new small business. More...



 

On the Web ... but Why?

If you don't want to do it on your web site, don't offer it as an option. This month's "web tale" involves a car repair shop that offers to talk with customers online ... but then telephones them instead.

For the complete story and more tips on small businesses using the web, please check out our Small Business section.

Good Idea Cafe in the community


We believe that it's essential for us to be active in our community. Not only as corporate citizens but as individuals, we strongly believe that we are each in a unique position to give something to the larger community. And that it is our duty to do so. We've just begun our work on this section - and we promise that it will grow - and we welcome your thoughts and suggestions on how we can get more involved.

SCORE First Step Workshop

For several years, Bill Flowers (our "Chief Cook & Bottle Washer") has been a volunteer presenting at SCORE's monthly First Step Workshop. If you're not familiar with them - and you should be! - SCORE is the counseling service offered by the Small Business Administration. The workshop is designed for individuals who want to learn how to start a business existing business owners who want to grow their business.

The PowerPoint™ presentation from the workshop is embedded below. We'll have the audio added soon but in the meantime, we trust this will be helpful to you. And be sure to check out the SCORE web site, in Richmond or in your community. They'll be a great help to you in starting your new business!

SCORE PRESENTATION
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