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Small businesses from IRL to web-based startups are tough. The web gives us an edge, but small business needs advocates. We would like to be one.

<aside> 🚧 This article is a live-draft and is not complete. We think, research, draft, and edit our content in public — it is our process.

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That’s it.

Thanks for reading.

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<aside> 🗣️ message from the editor, John Guerra

Be easy on yourself. This web-shit is hard.

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