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Posts tagged: small business

diannah's picture

Small Businesses can't afford the Business Rate

I have a very small business as a freelancer and I can't afford the business rate that Time Warner offers.

As a video editor and a sometimes motion graphic artist I don't make big bucks. Some do, but not me.

Principle: Access Tags: Access, plans, small business, Time Warner
Matt Thompson's picture

Martha Abraham, Mars Hill NC

Martha Abraham wanted to use the Internet to promote her rural business online. She faces severe limitations because she only has dial up access to the Internet. Martha is unable to use the full potential of the Internet to run an innovative small business.

Principle: Innovation Tags: freedom, Innovation, rural, small business