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Leigh Buchanan is an editor-at-large for Inc. magazine. A former editor at Harvard Business Review and founding editor of Webmaster magazine, she writes regular columns on leadership and workplace culture.

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How This Salvage Shop Became Famous for Turning Portland, Oregon's Trash Into Treasure

Part Bookstore, Part Retail Theater, This Tempe Business Became a Local Mainstay

This Texas Quilt Shop Can Teach a Master Class in Winning Over Customers

Supportive Customers Buoy Beloved Main Street Businesses

It Builds Drones. It Delivers Packages. Meet the Country's Most Unusual Military Contractor

Working From Home

How to Stay Creative When Your Team Is Working Remotely

These Entrepreneurs Help Small Fashion Brands Make Their Goods in the U.S.A.

How This Homeware Entrepreneur Went From $2 Million in Debt to 1,000 Percent Growth

Even in Tough Times, These Companies Are Set on Reinvention

From Truck Driver to CEO: How I Built a Logistics Firm Pulling in $3.5 Million a Year

How Entrepreneurs Are Reducing the Stress of Back-to-School

With Fewer Students, a College Town Adapts

Big Heroes of Small Business

This Biotech Business Won't Let Cost Get in the Way of a Covid Cure

Big Heroes of Small Business

A Veteran Entrepreneur Spends the Pandemic Helping Out Newbies

Exit Strategies

Goodbye at the Grommet: A Bittersweet Ending for the Maker Community's Biggest Supporters

Big Heroes of Small Business

How This Medical Research Services Company Is Making House Calls Safe in a Pandemic

A 127-Year-Old Fireworks Business Watches Its 4th of July Fizzle

This Business Makes a Million Flags a Year. By Hand

Big Heroes of Small Business

This Startup Is Taking On Amazon to Help Independent Bookstores

This Delivery Service Is Spreading the Word About Black-Owned Restaurants

Big Heroes of Small Business

This Small Furniture Business Is Saving Lives in the ER

She Mentored a Nobel Laureate. Now She's Helping Home Cooks

Use These 7 Steps to Keep Your Warehouse Workers Safe

These Companies Are Redesigning Hospitals to Fight Covid

This Company's Winning Covid-19 Strategy: Follow the Supply Chain to Find Who Needs Help

This Startup Was Ready for Covid-19, Thanks to a Hurricane

Big Heroes of Small Business

Roadside Icons Mask Up for a Covid Public Safety Message

These Companies Found a New Niche in Coronavirus Disinfection

Why This Ad Firm Says Agencies Should Give Clients a Break

How an Unlikely Alliance Saved This Main Street Business During Covid-19

Your Next Virtual Happy Hour Might Include Beer-and-Cheese Pairings

Old Business, New Idea: The Bookstore Making You Better at Zoom

How a New Hampshire Community Is Rallying to Save Its Downtown

Small Business Week Has Been Postponed. That's Why Celebrating Now Is More Important Than Ever

With Live Events Canceled, the Maker Community Is Surviving Online

Local Currencies: The Anti-Amazon Gift Card

Fun, Low-Cost Products Are Helping These Shops Rebound

Big Heroes of Small Business

Crowdsourcing Projects Take On Covid-19

Big Heroes of Small Business

Virtual Reality Arcades Join the Quest to Treat Covid-19

Big Heroes of Small Business

An Invention That Protects Doctors From Patients