Meet the AAPI Entrepreneurs Behind Some of Oprah’s Favorite Things
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5 Ways Businesses Can Maximize Holiday Sales
Connected Commerce Council shares digital commerce tools to help businesses everywhere thrive during peak season.
Cece Meadows, Prados Beauty
In honor of #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, we wanted to highlight an incredible small business owner Cece Meadows, founder and CEO of @PradosBeauty. As a Chicana/Indigenous woman whose ancestors are of the Yoeme and Nʉmʉnʉ people and as a natural philanthropist, Cece is bringing Indigenous representation into the beauty world. Back in 2018, Cece worked backstage for New…
5 Tips for Small Business Holiday Sales
1. Tap into Online Markets and WebstoresSetting up an online store and selling on marketplaces like Amazon, Etsy, and Walmart and webstores like Shopify are fast and easy ways to find new customers before the holiday rush. Rural small businesses are already leveraging e-commerce to sell their products far beyond their local areas. Check out…
J.Q. Dickinson Salt-Works
One could say salt-making runs in Nancy Bruns’ blood. The seventh generation in a family of salt-makers, siblings Nancy Bruns and Lewis Payne share a common love of history, food, and family. Staying true to her salt roots, in 2013 she and her brother revived her family’s salt business in the Kanawha Valley of West…
Chukar Cherries
In 1988, Pam Montgomery and her young family escaped the bustle of Seattle to north Prosser when they purchased the largest family-owned cherry orchard (100 acres) in Washington State. With 8,000 trees to harvest in a short two weeks, a bounty of leftover cherries was only expected. Day after day, Pam (with her three young…
Mountaineer Popcorn
Mountaineer Popcorn may be a small company, but they have always had big ambitions. In April 2015, husband and wife team Mike and Erin Valasek decided that they wanted to create a locally-grown popcorn business from the ground up in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. Popcorn makes for a great snack; it’s easy to share and…
Oliver Pecan
Oliver Pecan was started by Gordon Lee and Clydene Oliver in 1970 after they purchased a pecan orchard. They had two cane poles and two buckets, along with heart, determination and a vision to provide for their family. “Oliver Pecan started with 400-something-odd pecan trees,” says Shawn Oliver, Owner of Oliver Pecan, “But we have…