Need some inspiration today? A local doctor in a town of about 1300 in the absolute middle of nowhere is now a nationwide and world wide quilting retailer thanks to the internet. The business does well enough to employ 8 people thanks to one person’s passion for quilting and penchant for writing an excellent ezine. It’s too big for a home business and has to have it’s own storefront.
We need businesses like these popping up in every community in America.
What will your business be?
From Boomtown USA
One of my favorite examples of the changes taking place in business, driven by the internet, is Dakota Cabin Quilts. DCQ is located in Hettinger, ND (population 1,307), the largest town for 40 miles. It is remote!
Dakota Cabin Quilts was started by a local physician, Dr. Laura Walker, and her husband Wesley, because Dr. Laura couldn’t find quilting supplies near Hettinger. She built her business with an internet model and sells all over the USA and world. When I was last in Hettinger, they had eight employees.
Photo courtesy Dakota Cabin Quilts
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