Rebecca Melançon, Author at Local Business Institute

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ILSR 50 Works, 50 Years As ILSR reflects on its 50 years of work by presenting a set of our 50 most important contributions to the advancement...

I wanted to share a recent Facebook calamity in the hopes of preventing others enduring a similar experience. Facebook (or Meta) has a couple...

The Local Business Institute hosts the LBI Virtual Campus with many resources for local organizations and local businesses. A new resource on...

I have long supported local business. First in Austin, Texas as co-founder of the Austin Independent Business Alliance (AIBA) and then...

At the Local Business Institute, we don’t refer to businesses as the classic B to B (Business to Business) or B to C (Business to Consumer). We...