Business Success Through Technology, Jeff Bezos Weighs In

January 21st, 2006

Because I make my living by helping small entrepreneurs with their online marketing efforts, I am predisposed to resonate with the comments of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos as reported in Grand Forks Herald. In his comments at Marketplace for Entrepreneurs in Fargo, ND he said, “You can physically be anywhere as you do it, and you can affect the entire world with what you build.”

Of course, I doubt Bezos said that online marketing was free of risk or of trial and error. What he did say is that a small entrepreneur can have global impact from any location. I like that!

A local organization that is working to connect local businesses to the global marketplace is the Northern Adirodack Trading Cooperative. Though I may be biased by the fact that I have done some work for them, I believe their goals are worthy of support. Let’s support local businesses in their online ventures and see what world changing impact they can have.

Regional businesses that have made inroads online are:

There are too many to mention, some of them among my clients. Let’s support these innovators and see what positive changes they bring to the north country economy.

A Related Article, Can Tech Save Smalltown America? is available on Slashdot.

Entry Filed under: Internet Marketing, What's Happening Here