Small Businesses

The best way to understand the startup Bottle is to get a sampling of its customer base.  There are businesses like Serenity Bagel, run by engineer and bagel making master Jeff…

At the end of the day, every small business owner longs to turn a profit. Maybe you didn’t get into your business simply to turn a buck, but you still…

It takes grit to get a small business off the ground. But what if you are doing that while balancing a career in tech? Well, a small but mighty group…

Brea Fullerton jokes that she’s been playing Monopoly within the walls of Saltbox.  She originally moved her small business, a consumer brand company called Shinery, into a 120 square foot…

Our call with founders Edward Carroll and Jeremiah Smith started with the small talk you might expect from those in the startup space: there just aren’t enough hours in the…

After leaving a career in the military, Air Force veteran April Caldwell’s dove into the small business world with the launch of her own gourmet popcorn company.  Part of the…

Even before the pandemic, getting in front of the right customers was hard for retailers, restaurateurs, and e-commerce store owners.  As email open rates fell over the course of the…

Software developer and entrepreneur Chris Dix founded Thoughtpost five years ago as a vehicle to market his software consulting work. He worked with entities across a large range of industries ranging from NASA to vending machine…