Click play to listen to this articleAudio file(Indiana News Service) Today is Small Business Saturday, an opportunity for small businesses to market their products and services out of the shadows of "big-box" stores and franchises. The most recent figures from 2021 show Indiana is home to almost 530,000 small businesses statewide; companies with fewer than 20 workers. Small Business Saturday prompts shoppers to support these businesses as they continue to recover from the pandemic. One Indiana business owner turned her burnout as a mental health caseworker into a career as a licensed massage and skin therapist. ImageBusiness News Daily lists some of the biggest challenges for small businesses as disorganization, undervaluing what your business does, not having a business plan and being afraid to fail.

Source: Forbes November 25, 2023 14:55 UTC