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Best of small business news: Week of June 29-July 3

Daily recaps of important stories, trends and updates from the small business scene with my fiery commentary

By Lex Roman

/ 4 Jul 2026

Best of small business news: Week of June 29-July 3

Customers are bailing on the once beloved ThriveCart. The downtime is one thing. It's the communication that's the problem.

ThriveCart was down for several hours on Friday without warning, causing customers to lose sales and make moves to exit the declining platform. The problems started a couple years ago, coinciding with a $35M investment from private equity.

By Lex Roman

/ 4 Jul 2026

Why customers are bailing on the once beloved ThriveCart

Flodesk releases Studio, an AI-powered email builder they say runs on human-created design. What does that mean?

Flodesk users are overflowing with excitement about this latest release but I have questions about what human-created design means in the context of an AI tool.

By Lex Roman

/ 30 Jun 2026

Flodesk releases Studio, an AI-powered email builder they say runs on human-created design. What does that mean?

Small business news: Week of June 22-26

Daily recaps of important stories, trends and updates from the small business scene

By Lex Roman

/ 28 Jun 2026

What I saw at Cannes Lions this year that made me want to be there in 2027

Everyone says you gotta be at this conference or that one. Here's what happened this year that made Lions feel like it's where I need to be.

By Lex Roman

/ 28 Jun 2026

Ask The Legends: What's the worst business advice you've ever received?

As entrepreneurs, we are flooded with advice. Share the most terrible advice you've ever gotten.

By Lex Roman

/ 27 Jun 2026

Ask The Legends: What's the worst business advice you've ever received?

Ask The Legends: How does being self-employed benefit queer people like us?

Let's unpack why and how self-employment benefits us as queer people

By Lex Roman

/ 25 Jun 2026

Ask The Legends: How does being self-employed benefit queer people like us?

Q&A: (Out) On The Road with author Lindsey Danis

How Lindsey Danis made a career out of covering queer travel and then turned it into her newest book

By Lex Roman

/ 23 Jun 2026

Q&A on (Out) On The Road with author Lindsey Danis

I led with queerness. It landed me a book deal.

Lindsey Danis finds their advantage as a writer by leaning into their queer identity but only with the right collaborators.

By Lindsey Danis

/ 21 Jun 2026

I led with queerness. It landed me a book deal.

Ask The Legends: How do you vet clients to make sure they're a good fit?

Potential clients always expect that you're the one who has to win them over, but often, it's the other way around. What green flags do you look for?

By Lex Roman

/ 21 Jun 2026

Ask The Legends: How do you vet clients to make sure they're a good fit?

Small business news: Week of June 15-19

Daily recaps of important stories, trends and updates from the small business scene

By Lex Roman

/ 19 Jun 2026

Spend your summer with Outpost and me: New events and case studies coming for indie publishers!

Come hang with us and learn how you can use Outpost to grow your newsletter and your subscription business.

By Lex Roman

/ 16 Jun 2026