Batch Blog

If you're a big business looking to leave a positive impact on your local community, think small.

Walking through water with the flashlight on my phone. Bullhorns blaring as the displaced filed onto busses. Eyeballing what would be ok. Worrying about when we might...

Did you know that National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day is March 29? Time to shop mom and pop! At Batch, we are all...

Want to honor the women in your life on International Women’s Day on Monday, March 8th? Send a gift filled with products made by women-owned...

So here's the deal: We're announcing our own recognition program called Slow Company. We're looking for companies that have been around for at least 10 years and...

This year has tested my other chief asset as an entrepreneur: optimism. It's hard to hope now. I think next year will be better for everyone...

Most Saturdays I write about the state and outlook of small businesses across America and nearly always I'm talking about the dire prospects a lot of us...

As I've written before, what small businesses really need right now are customers. The only thing saving small businesses will be demand, but unfortunately, this disease...

What's it like to focus on just one part of the chicken? And why would anyone do that? Turns out, focus gets results. That's how...