I met the Galant family on a Friday. The following Monday I found myself on a tour of their immaculate factory and then out to lunch. I was supposed to interview them and then let them back to their busy schedules but Len insisted we eat together first. I’m really glad he did for a few reasons: Because I am a big breakfast fan Because it was really nice to get to know them a little bit off mic Over bacon and sourdough toast I asked them questions (some of which we go over on

My job is fun. I get to spend a lot of time outside of the office meeting with customers, making deliveries and...shopping. We get a lot of our organizational equipment for our pantry accounts from one of my favorite stores, The Container Store. Although I LOVE this store based on organizing one's life, organized is not a descriptive word most people who know me would use to describe Jennifer Skidmore. That said it isn't that uncommon to find me at the Container Store late at

As a small business owner (well kind of small and kind of owner) it can be difficult to have the time and the resources to market, promote and manage the business in a competitive and engaging way. I don't have a marketing team, I don't have any coding skills, I don't have an MBA and like all of us I'm short on time. That said, over the years, I've learned to depend on a few resources to help me look like I have it more together than I feel, in other words to help me fake it

As I write this post I'm on location of our latest micro market install and a lot of things are running through my head: 1. I wish I had coffee (something that I think about far too often on any given day). 2. I can't believe how far we've come. Some days it feels like no progress has been made but every time we launch a new market I'm reminded of the first market we installed. On the first install we had no idea what we were doing. We didn't know how to install a kiosk or se