Deluxe’s Social Media App Uncovers Small Business Owners

By Eric Ellis

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[Infographic] Camp Chef Cooks Up Contests to Engage Customers on Social Media

By Laurie Lee Dovey

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What do the backyard, big game or race, RV, and hunting or fishing camp have in common? You got it. They’re perfect places to fire up the outdoor grill and enjoy an American pastime most everyone loves – barbequing everything from dogs to burgers and wild game. Relaxation, alluring aromas, great companionship, good eats, and outdoor fun, that’s all the 30 employees of Utah-based Camp Chef care about. Their goal is providing you the perfect outdoor experience.  The company makes high-quality cooking equipment for folks who want durable, yet portable stoves, grills, smokers, Dutch oven gear, cast-iron cookware, and accessories for the back-yard deck, stadium parking lot, or vacation campsite. Camp Chef’s story (http://www.campchef.com/about-us.html) is as all American as its product line. Ty Measom is the engineer credited with envisioning the high-end product and business potential of a new camp cooking brand in 1990. Measom was involved in scouting and often charged with cooking for a dozen or more hungry boys at camp. At the time, the equipment available wasn’t designed for feeding 12 or 13 enthusiastic outdoor diners, three times a day. The stoves were too small and lacked power. At the time, Measom worked for Butro, a manufacturer …

Small Business Dad “Was His Business”

By Adam Dince

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Written By: Adam Dince “Music is the movement of sound to reach the soul for the education of its virtue.” – Plato Every year on Father’s Day week, I get lost in memories of my dad, Bert Dince.  Bert was an amazing dad, brilliant pianist and sole proprietor of his own career as a jazz musician.  I’d like to share my story of Bert’s business with you. My dad grew up in a very modest New York home with his parents and his older brother, Paul.  My grandparents understood the importance of music and the impact that playing music has on one’s life.  Starting at a young age, a piano teacher started visiting their home and teaching Paul piano.  My dad would watch Paul’s lessons and then afterwards practice what he’d just observed.  In no time, my dad proved to be a prodigy behind the keys.  Turns out, he was born with perfect pitch and what a gift it was.  He had the ability to listen to a song on the radio and then play it perfectly while adding his own jazzy interpretation on top of it. After graduating college with an accounting degree, my dad decided to go against his …

Dad Still Imparts Small Business Inspiration

By Terri Shapiro

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My father was truly one of the “pioneers” of the television industry, working with the inventors of broadcast technology even before the launch of any commercial TV station.  Living in Chicago, he joined CBS in 1951 and his specialty became remote broadcast. Dad traveled a lot.  Anytime there was a NASA space launch in Cape Canaveral, an inauguration in Washington D.C., or a Masters Tournament in Augusta, my dad was there making sure the technical operation worked so that the rest of us could share in the excitement of these events. Some of my most vivid childhood memories involve going to work with Dad.  I was able to explore Wrigley Field in Chicago, arriving hours before the afternoon game, playing in the broadcast booths while Dad prepped the technical aspects of the coming broadcast.  My brother Ken and I were extras on a Captain Kangaroo TV special.  Dad even took me to a boxing match once – truly one of the most peculiar experiences of my past. He was proud of the reputation he had earned.  He had a framed letter from the station manager thanking him for “saving” one of the local programs just seconds before the opening credits.  …

American Red Cross Preps Small Businesses for Emergencies

By Bill Miller

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As once again brought to the front page by the tornado disasters in Oklahoma and Hurricane Sandy, the American Red Cross is the preeminent organization at the ready to offer relief to victims in every way. Their services provide emergency housing, counseling, financial assistance, and human resources required to assist disaster victims to start putting their lives back together. Relief after the disaster is the work for which the American Red Cross is famous, but perhaps you don’t know the Red Cross services also encompass preparedness for emergencies and disasters including programs for small businesses. They offer some sobering statistics on the odds of unprepared businesses of all sizes recovering after an emergency: *94 percent of small business owners believe they will encounter an emergency situation in the next two years. *as many as 40% will not survive the emergency outright. *of those, 80% will go out of business permanently if they are not back in operation in one month or less. *additionally, four out of five businesses will fail after the loss of a key executive. The American Red Cross considers preparedness by small businesses and all their employees the key to beating these odds, and their action plan …