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The courage of children is a challenge to us all. Children have no fear of pain, no concern with looking stupid and no awareness of limitations. We can learn from their bravery.

Can the world's largest metal sculptures save a rural North Dakota town? That's what Gary Greff believes. He is building the Enchanted Highway to save his town of Regent, N.D., population 125...and it might just be working.

Every auto dealer is on the Internet, but not every store is doing what it should online. If you want to have a solid foundation online to drive leads and sales, start with these nine steps.

The best businesses provide a tiny group of people exactly what they want. The best communities provide a large group of people as much of what they want as possible. Identify whether you are a business or community and focus or build consensus.

The way we live and work is quickly changing. Increasingly, creativity is required to compete. Learn to attract creativity to your business or community.

Entrepreneurs must lead a community and need mentors to succeed. That was the takeaway from a four-week book study with community leaders in my hometown. This simple exercise had the greatest output of ideas and action steps for the least input of time and effort of any event I have been a part of. If you want to generate new ideas for your community, host a book study.

"Weird" people matter, to our businesses and to our communities. Learn four ways to attract diverse thinkers and doers for the good of your community.

Resources to Build Your City As you may know from reading our Digital Homesteading blog, 9 Clouds believes that you can build your business and community best when you know how to use digital resources. We...

When using technology, there are two ways to share ideas: as a broadcast or a narrowcast. A broadcast pleases the majority, but a narrowcast attracts a small number of passionate change makers. Consider a narrowcast instead of a broadcast to attract your passionate army of supporters.

Innovation is rarely a straight line. Allow your business or community to send out pioneers, knowing that a few will find their way and change the future for the followers.