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Intuit Goes to The Dogs (and Cats) to Award Latest $25,000 Hiring Grant
The newest small business catering to pets in Elwood, Indiana is still just a pup itself. “We recently opened on December 19,” owner Matt Spivey confesses, noting that his humble …
How to Identify Your Most Influential Customers
You try to be good to all of your customers, but you may want to reserve extra-special treatment for those who talk about your business online. A “peer influence analysis” …
Sustainable Practices Earn Dry Cleaner Local Acclaim
The Cleanery is New Mexico’s only Green Business Bureau-certified dry cleaner. Its green practices not only have helped the company to avoid many of the environmental and health concerns associated with …
How One Independent Bookstore Survives and Thrives in Tough Times
Digital publishing, intense competition from Amazon.com, and other factors have made it more difficult than ever for small bookstores to turn a profit. Even large national chains have struggled, sometimes …
Aqua Salon Wins $50,000 Love A Local Business Grand Prize
Aqua Salon has taken top honors as the $50,000 Grand Prize winner of Intuit’s Love a Local Business grant competition. The Chicago, Illinois-based salon became a Grand Prize finalist after …
Nick’s Pizza & Pub Wins a $25,000 Slice of Intuit Grant Money
Many small businesses claim to care about their communities. But not all consistently prove it. Nick’s Pizza & Pub of Elgin and Crystal Lake, Illinois has a distinguished track record …
End of Holidays Doesn’t Halt Small-Business Beef with Amazon App
The small-business community has enjoyed an anything-but-cordial relationship with Amazon.com since the e-commerce pioneer launched in 1995. Beyond the challenge Amazon poses to traditional bricks-and-mortar stores simply by virtue of …
Form-A-Corp Wins $25,000 Hiring Grant from Intuit
Helping new small businesses get off the ground is what inspires Adrian Brion (pictured) to get out of bed each morning. And fortunately for Brion and his three employees at …
How to Start a Hyperlocal News Website
Print newspapers may be in a downward spiral, but hyperlocal websites seem to be heating up. Online independent community news sites — West Seattle Blog, The Batavian, and Baristanet, to …
Cupcake Queen Wins a Sweet Treat from Intuit with $25,000 Grant
It’s one of the oldest truths of the culinary art — food prepared with love always tastes better. For more than a decade, Billie Baird has lovingly baked her signature …
Bantom Brings Home $25,000 Hiring Grant to Help Grow Green Business
In return for helping others go green in their businesses, Rhonda Bantom is being rewarded with some green of her own. Bantom’s Detroit, Michigan-based Bantom Global Industries — a contract …
Edible Insect Chef Garners Attention
When Monica Martinez debuted her “pre-Hispanic snackeria” at the San Francisco Street Food Festival in August, customers lined up to try her tacos stuffed with insects and larvae. “Don Bugito …
How to Relocate Your Business to Another State
So you’re thinking about moving to another state. Perhaps you want to be closer to your family. Or you want to lower your cost of living. Or you’ve fallen in …
Aqua Salon Proves a Cut Above The Rest
Pictured: Aqua Salon. Photo courtesy of Noel Buican. Noel Buican of Aqua Salon has even more reason to give thanks this holiday weekend. Her trendy hair and beauty salon in …
5 of America’s Coolest Co-Working Spaces
It can get lonely working from home every day. Coffeehouses aren’t the refuges they used to be: Baristas these days start giving the evil eye to anyone using a laptop …
