small.opinions Op-eds written by small business owners, sharing personal perspectives about the realities, challenges, and opportunities for small businesses globally. Whether you’re a small business owner or you know someone whose voice should be heard, we want to hear from you! Jerome Archer Shares Lessons from 27 Years in Business Keeping a small business alive for twenty-seven years is no small feat. It is a marathon that tests endurance, adaptability, and heart.Read More → Golf for the Small Business Professional Isn’t About Performance, It’s About Positioning When most people think about golf, they think about skill. Perfect swings. Beautiful scenery. Clean contact.Read More → Trust Is Your Business Strategy, You Don’t Know It Yet An invisible force shapes your business, your relationships, decisions, leadership, and results. It affects how your team performs, how customers choose, and how fast opportunities appear or disappear.Read More → Pitch Before You’re Ready For a long time, I thought I was being strategic. I said yes to podcast interviews when they came my way, spoke at the occasional summit, and collaborated when someone else reached out first.Read More → I Did Everything Right, and Nobody Noticed. Here’s Why I spent almost two years trying to figure out why my coaching business wasn’t gaining traction. I was posting consistently, refining my offers, and showing up to networking events.Read More → Uganda’s Golden Grain Is Hiding in Plain Sight, And It’s Lifting Millions Out of Poverty Drive through Uganda’s countryside, and you will see it everywhere: maize.Read More → The Life of a Small Manufacturer in South Africa Look, let me tell you straight. Being a small manufacturer in South Africa is like running the Comrades Marathon in gumboots.Read More → The Death of the Soloist: Why ‘Project Stacking’ is the Only Way to Outsmart the LinkedIn Algorithm If you post alone, your signal is thin. But when you stack projects, you create a high-density signal that the algorithm will amplify.Read More → The Classroom Was My First Boardroom: What Small Business Owners Can Learn From Teachers Who Build Companies When people picture a small business owner, they rarely think of someone managing 25 restless seven-year-olds in the morning. Some take vendor calls on lunch break. But they should.Read More → Building a Business Without a Safety Net: Founding While Life Is Still in Motion Most business advice assumes you’re starting with a steady income, a clear mind, and a settled life. For many founders, that’s far from reality.Read More → Why “Analog” Practices Can Build Trust Faster Than Technology For most of her career, Krista Monson equated innovation with breaking new ground, only to realize later that pursuing novelty could undermine essential human connections.Read More → The “Interesting” Box: The Invisible Barriers for MENA Female Founders Picture yourself at a networking event, meeting other small business owners, when someone smiles and asks, “Where are you from?”Read More → Small Shifts, Big Gains: SMBs’ Guide to Smart Sustainability For small businesses, sustainability begins with a shift in mindset. Adopting a systems-thinking approach highlights how incremental steps drive measurable results across operations, costs, people, and risk.Read More → Why Small Business Owners Need Systems at Home to Lead Better at Work I was always known as the organized one.At home, everything had a place. Calendars were color-coded, meals planned, and routines set. Systems ran smoothly, making life predictable and calm.Read More → Small Businesses Will Win by Choosing Clarity Over Hype In 2026 In 2026, the businesses that win won’t be the loudest. They’ll be the clearest. For the last decade, growth advice has sounded the same: post more, optimize more, stay visible at all costs.Read More → 1 2 3 Next Page