Wow! The year is going by fast! Today I am trying to make Halloween treats for my children’s Halloween parties at school and make sure GROW Nebraska is getting ready for the 2008 Holiday Season. For small businesses that manufacture a product, this is their harvest. Just like a farmer, for the [...]

I took cold showers every morning for 22 months of my life. Not just slightly cool showers, but absolutely-no-hot-water-at-all showers. If you don’t know from my previous blogs, I used to sell books door-to-door during the summers when I was in college. During sales school that first summer, our manager told us [...]

As the holidays are upon us, many GROW members will be placing their items in the 2008 Holiday Stores. We often get questions about how to create a good display for our stores, so below you’ll find some tips to help you!
Cheap Display = Cheap Product

Displays can be several things … shelves, totes, cubes, boards, [...]

Happy Friday to you! Even though the weather was beautiful last week it is a much better day at my house this week. I was in bed with a heavy sweatshirt on wrapped up in two blankets and a 104 temperature. I haven’t been that sick since I had pneumonia when I was seven months [...]

I’m heading to St. Joseph, MO, home of the Missouri Western Griffons for an alumni volleyball game. As much as volleyball used to be the main focus of my life, I could care less about the game. The game is just an excuse to see the friends that became my family through sweat, tears, bruises, [...]