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Subscribe As I talk to local businesses and local leaders throughout the country, I am struck by one thing—economic uncertainty breeds fear....

Subscribe Contributed article by Colin Murray As economic uncertainty looms, many local business owners are feeling anxious about the...

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Subscribe One of our LocalFirst Community members, Colin Murray, owner of Kylie’s Gift Cottage and former director of Dane Buy Local,...

Subscribe I recently gave a speech at the SCORE Empower Summit thta included AI tools in marketing. In researching for my presentation, I...

Subscribe The politics of the day have called March 28 as a boycott big box and big corporations day. Politics aside, we thing every day should...