Thoughts On Startups

We’ve had a GREAT run this past week and it seems it’s foreshadowing things to come for us. When all the pieces start falling into place I find myself catching my breath and thinking this is just too cool! But, it’s a testament to all the hard work and prep that’s gone into making Grocio happen in the first place. But that hard work had a genesis somewhere…

In Tulsa we have a really neat program to promote entrepreneurism and big thinking. It’s called the Tulsa Entrepreneurial Spirit Award and draws on people far and wide to come forward with their business ideas and vie for a $30,000 cash prize. Grocio won last year. And, Seeking Sitters won the year before us. They’re an amazing outfit and I have all the admiration in the world for Adrienne and David and their franchisees.

Tulsa is a great place to start a business. We don’t have the baggage of the national economy around our necks. The local business leaders recognize it’s the small and medium sized businesses that will shoulder the nation out of the funk we’re in and they’re quick to invest in sound ideas. The cost of living here is fantastic. We’re wired for bandwidth out the ya ya. Our citizenry are engaged and actively building UP the city instead of in-fighting and letting the place crumble around us. We have a LOT of work to do. But, we’re DOING it! We’re getting it done!

So, it’s time to welcome the next generation of business ideas to the limelight here in Tulsa. To encourage those ideas to take shape, form into a viable business plan and wow the world.

If you’re considering entering the Tulsa Spirit Award I’d encourage you to put your idea in for consideration. What’s Your Big Idea? UNLEASH IT!

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