In this mini-episode, Cyber.SC’s Dominic Vogel offers a set of simple, actionable steps to help businesses ensure their data and that which their customers entrust them with is secure, also securing your reputation as a trusted brand.

Edie Hand is an acclaimed celebrity chef, author, philanthropist, speaker and business woman. Edie is family focused and her family tree includes the one and only Elvis Presley. Edie has traversed through life’s biggest challenges both in her personal and professional life as a small business owner. In today’s episode she’ll discuss some of the tools she’s created that has helped her to keep going when many other people would have stopped. 

Have you been in an interview and been asked a fun yet kinda bizarre scenario question? When we interview anyone to join our small business, we always ask them a specific question: Would you rather fight ONE horse-sized duck or ONE HUNDRED duck-sized horses? We thought it would be fun to ask three former Big On Small guests to answer this question in our first ever Mini-Episode.

Donna  has spent three decades building a career that places people and their quality of life at the center of everything that she has done. When she opened Stoney Wines in 2019 she found herself breaking down barriers and perception as Oregon's first back female head winemaker but this was not her first history making endeavor.  Discover how Donna’s big decision to follow her passions resulted in transforming the lives of people all around her - from college basketball to creating a community that is ALL-inclusive, Donna reveals the power of pairing your purpose and passion in an episode that we know is sure to lift your spirits and leave you inspired.

In this episode, we’ve hit the jackpot! Literally. The lottery is a staple for the convenience store small business owner, and in this week’s episode we are catching up with Mark Hutchinson, a name you’ve probably never heard of and yet has likely impacted your world in some small way. If you’ve ever bought a lottery ticket or been in a convenience store and heard the sound of a winning ticket -  that moment is because of Mark.  We sat down with Mark to hear his extraordinary journey and learned how one single small decision to chase after his big passion against all odds led him to some of his greatest adventures, and along the way we unpack the unlikely shared connections between lottery tickets, progressive web apps, the start of our small business InspireHUB and Nelson Mandela! 

Remote work, it got thrust upon the majority of people and while it became a bit of a pass time to complain about the challenges of working remotely. Yet, a recent survey shows that just 4% of global employees want to return to the office full time. That would come as no surprise to Chris Byers who has been leading a remote team since 2010 as the CEO of Formstack, a company that helps businesses enhance their workplace productivity through their proprietary platform.

Ted speaker and CEO whisperer Lale Kesebi created the inspirational firm ‘Human at Work’ to help organizations of all sizes help the humans that make our companies thrive.  Today, we discuss what it means to be human in a work environment designed to reduce our humanity, the lessons we can learn from Sasquatches about creativity and relaxation, and why small businesses actually have an advantage that many don’t realize.

Kelly Holt is the Executive Director of The Barn Sanctuary, featured on Animal Planet’s "Saved by the Barn". From rescuing farm animals to rescuing entrepreneurs from the lies we tell ourselves, Kelly unpacks how compassion is what fuels success.

Devo Harris (Springsteen), the Grammy award-winning producer who doesn’t play an instrument but helped to launch some of the biggest musical acts in the world, is now taking his unique approach to innovation and transforming everything we know about video through his company, Adventr.

Big on Small, The Official Small Business Podcast, is a weekly podcast exploring the big ideas that are helping small organizations survive and thrive. Hosts Karolyn Hart and Samantha Castro interview the inspiring people who are running small businesses, agencies, towns, charities, schools and teams.

If you have a small business question that needs answering or want to show some love to a small business in your life, call and leave a message on the Big On Small Hotline at 1-844-967-CHAT (2428) or visit bigonsmall.biz