DC Mosquito Squad: The ROI of Automating a Small Business

How do you scale a business to grow, and do it cost effectively? That’s the challenge facing many small business owners.  You want to grow your business, but sometimes it feels like you can’t get out of your own way. One small business figured out how to do it by using automation. Damien Sanchez (pictured), founder of DC Mosquito Squad, a Washington D.C. area business, joins Anita Campbell, CEO of Small Business Trends for an exclusive one-on-one interview detailing …

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Interview With Founder of Lawnmower

Three classmates got together to provide a world with another amazing tool that could help them in their day to day life. They wanted to help you in your efforts to save money and hence Lawnmower was launched on April 9. Only within a few days, this startup has managed to create a lot of buzz. And that’s how it caught our attention. So, our team thought of interviewing the founder Alex Sunnarborg and take a …

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How The Founder of TaskUs Went From Zero to 1500 Employees in 5 Years

In 2009 and armed with only a couple grand, Bryce Maddock opened the first TaskUs office in an old building on the floor above an elementary school in the Philippines. Since then, he’s grown TaskUs to more than 1,500 teammates providing customer care and back office support to 60 of the world’s most innovative companies. His company is committed to invest at least $25 million in the Philippines over the next three years, so that he can fulfill their mission of bringing meaningful employment to as many people as possible. It’s their goal to employ 10,000 Filipino people by the end of 2017. Bryce Maddock Interview – CEO of TaskUs …

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Brewing Online Success With Kombucha – Dave Lindenbaum Interview

“Kombucha” Dave Lindenbaum helps people brew “The Tea of Immortality” aka Kombucha. His website is dedicated to everything kombucha and as it turns out, he’s quite the internet marketer. Here’s why you should listen to Dave: In a relatively short amount of time, he’s turned a passion into profits and reaches thousands monthly by  leveraging social media, blogging and eCommerce. His website getkombucha.com is ranked the #1 kombucha website, based on customers…

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Daniel Cid Interview – Defending 250,000 Websites From Hackers Every Month

Daniel Cid has spent well over a decade securing people’s websites, so they don’t have to. The Founder/CTO of Sucuri specializes in intrusion detection, log analysis (log-based intrusion detection), web-based malware research and secure development. He’s known for creating the free open sourced OSSEC HIDS (Intrusion detection system) and founding Sucuri. He’s also the co-writer of the Host-Based Intrusion Detection book. Here’s Why You Should Listen to Daniel: Sucuri defends against 33M+ monthly attacks. Protects more than 250k+ of his clients websites per month. He’s fixed several …

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Small Business Spotlight – Get Organized Now!

In the first of an ongoing series of interviews showcasing small business success stories, I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Maria Gracia of Get Organized Now! As a Professional Organizer, Maria’s business helps people organize their homes, offices, and schedules to free up more time to spend on things they love. What I found particularly interesting was Maria’s willingness to shift away from a traditional client-service role in her business. Embracing the internet as an information channel has dramatically increased Maria’s worldwide …

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