E-Commerce This Browser Tool Helps Small Businesses Compete with Amazon Founder Jonathan Sandals built Sook to help people buy locally.
COVID Everything You Need to Know About the Renewed PPP Loan Hello Alice rounded up all the essential information about the federal aid program.
E-Commerce Inside the Not-So-Puzzling Success of Ordinary Habit Teresa and Echo Hopkins knew everyone wanted to buy a puzzle in 2020. The mother-daughter team just had to learn how to manufacture, ship, and market the product to customers first.
Food & Beverage How The Story of Ramen Brought the Party Online It’s not business as usual, but Co-Owner Manville Chan has found a recipe for successful (and profitable) online events.
EdTech What if Health Class Was...Actually Useful? Reva McPollom created Lessonbee as a digital health education platform for a new generation.
Technology You Don't Have To Be a Software Engineer To Run a Startup Amy Ni, founder of a Canadian edtech startup called Si-Han, explains how she was able to channel her business background into a growing tech company.
E-Commerce How a Series of 'Baby Steps' Made QC Consigns An eBay Success Story At first, Quovardis and Carlo Lawrence looked to eBay to clean out their unwanted items. Now their online consignment shop is a full-time business succeeding in spite of the pandemic.
Fashion After a Supplier Problem, This Clothing Brand Found Its Own Materials Photographer Jessica Lutz created an artful clothing collection inspired by her walks under the Texas desert sun.
Grants Meet the KKR Small Business Builders Grant Recipients These 55 companies will receive a $10,000 grant, expert coaching, and more to help them respond to the impact of COVID-19.
Startup Lessons Who Is the 2020 Startup of the Year? Get to know the winner and top 5 of the annual pitch competition.
Fashion How This Boutique Persevered Through a Hurricane and COVID If your products tell a story, says Collectivo's Geraldine Boyer, the customers will always come back.
Food & Beverage Announcing the Recipients of the DoorDash Local Restaurant Grants These restaurants will receive $5,000 grants to help them recover and succeed amid COVID-19 related challenges.
From the Community Creating Purpose and Meaning at Your Small Businesses Finding a central motivation can help your company achieve great things.
Marketing Here's a Quick and Easy Tool for Finding Your 'Why' A crisis is the best time to discover (or rediscover) the underlying purpose and motivation for your business. This four-step process will help you do just that.
E-Commerce Community and Simplicity: How Suitably Delivers What Women Actually Want Extensive data and lots of conversations have helped Annabel Gatto chart a successful path for her direct-to-consumer fashion brand.
From the Community What Are The Most Unexpected Parts of Running Your Business? Entrepreneurship sure comes with a lot of surprises. Owners of the Hello Alice community told us some of their unexpected lessons.
Business for All We Must Act Now to Save Our Neighborhood Businesses A new partnership between FOUND and Hello Alice will provide grants and resources to help small businesses rebuild and communities thrive.
Business for All Hello Alice Impact Report: What Military-Connected Owners Need Right Now New data reveals the impact of COVID-19 on the businesses of veterans, military spouses, and other segments of the military-connected community.
From the Community This Is How You Run Better Meetings Business owners from the Hello Alice community share their top tips on running effective meetings with your clients, partners, and team.
Professional Services COVID Hit 'Pause' on Higher Education. Ampersand Wants To Put Those Students To Work. Allie Danziger created a business to help students get the most out of their gap years.
New Majority Closing the Latina Wage Gap Starts by Supporting Latina-Owned Businesses On average, Latinas are paid 45% less than white men. It's time to change that.
From the Community The Best Ways to Make Your Business Stand Out from the Crowd We asked the Hello Alice community to share their creative strategies for getting their business noticed by customers, clients, and investors.
Business for All Hello Alice Impact Report: What COVID-19 Means for Small Business in 2021 After enduring multiple crises throughout 2020, most small business owners expect to grow in the year ahead.
Beauty & Wellness Family Recipes and Word of Mouth: How Earth's Nectar Went from Dorm Room to Department Store Tamika Fletcher's Houston-based beauty business is proof to trust your instincts and take it one step at a time.
From the Community How Small Businesses Are Preparing for Election Day Learn how three businesses are encouraging their staff to vote and advocating for their business.