Thankful For Everything Local

Nov 25

Thankful For Everything Local

With Thanksgiving fast approaching, I found myself needing to take a moment to reflect on my own thankfulness for the amazing past year! Our Partners: We have the amazing honor and privilege to be partnered with hundreds of like-minded individuals across the country who are devoting their lives to rebuilding their local economies in order to help their communities...

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Honoring Veterans, Past and Present

Nov 11

Honoring Veterans, Past and Present

One of the lingering guilts that haunts me every time I see a soldier in uniform is that I never stood beside these brave men and women to serve our country. My absence wasn’t out of cowardice, just complacency. Growing up in a small town in Central Oregon, we were pretty isolated from the nearest military presence, an Air National Guard station 130 miles away...

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Making An Impact in Racine, WI

Aug 07

Making An Impact in Racine, WI

It’s always great to see our partners getting some much deserved attention for all of their efforts in the local community! It’s even better when they are as passionate and well-spoken as Nick Christensen and Donna Funk who are running one heck of an amazing RelyLocal campaign in Racine and Kenosha, WI. A big thanks to Jessica Tighe and the Racine &...

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Top Franchises In America

Jan 29

Top Franchises In America

Every year, Entrepreneur Magazine releases its list of the top franchise opportunities in the United States. (Because RelyLocal isn’t a franchise, we’ll never be on this list…) Do you have a cool $10 Million burning a hole in your pocket? If so, the top franchise opportunity for 2012 is to start a Hampton Inn. Don’t have $10 million? No...

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Carrots, Pigs, & Three Million Dollars

Oct 09

Carrots, Pigs, & Three Million Dollars

I was recently asked to present a rapid-fire 5-minute presentation at an “Ignite” event on Bainbridge Island (in the Seattle area).  If you haven’t been to an Ignite event, you should find one! If there isn’t one in your area, you should look into hosting one! Ignite events area a really great way to hear and share new (or old) ideas, always...

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Death To Capitalism or New Life To Thugs? (A Response to Seattle Anarchists)

May 03

Death To Capitalism or New Life To Thugs? (A Response to Seattle Anarchists)

It was disheartening to find out that as we were traveling through Washington to spread hope and cheer, just a few miles to the north, a group of feckless thugs were intent on creating chaos and fear.

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