March 2021
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SMALL BUSINESS WINS!<br />
The lack of oversight is evident when<br />
you have a local politician in court with a<br />
developer and not regulating but common<br />
thievery.<br />
This can happen on both sides of the aisle<br />
so often it may be the only valid reason<br />
we need a two-party system. This is not<br />
to minimize the Trump-supported coup<br />
attempt. Republicans have long used small<br />
town politics and big businesses to crush<br />
our small businesses market. Now that<br />
they have joined forces with racists and<br />
hate mongers, it got worse. Especially since<br />
Trump’s lies and corruption have been<br />
forgiven by his party.<br />
The DDG and other local media drive most<br />
of our ad-revenues from the small business<br />
market, if not all of it. For DDG, the core of<br />
our business is dedicated to the small under<br />
served LGBT business community. We<br />
have helped more small businesses grown<br />
than we can count.<br />
WE CAN WIN!<br />
As consumers, I wonder if are we aware<br />
how big businesses use our desires and<br />
stretch our dollar to destroy our local small<br />
business competition. They also often use<br />
those profits to manipulate state laws and<br />
regulations.<br />
For example, research at Dartmouth’s Tuck<br />
School of Business found that Wal-Mart’s<br />
entry into a market significantly affects<br />
sales of small and medium-sized retailers,<br />
according to an April 2009 “Inc.” article.<br />
Professor Kusum Ailawadi, who led the<br />
research, suggests that common strategies<br />
-- such as price discounting or changing<br />
the product mix -- do not work because it<br />
is difficult to compete with a big company<br />
on price. She suggests that a small business<br />
should focus instead on fine-tuning its<br />
product mix, such as selling high-end<br />
products that Wal-Mart may not carry.<br />
Small businesses have a big tool to fight<br />
back as they are more maneuverable and<br />
that allows more innovation because<br />
the decision-making process happens<br />
on the spot. Innovation is easier when<br />
key decisions are not centralized like big<br />
businesses that must to go through several<br />
management layers, lengthening the<br />
approval process.<br />
In a <strong>March</strong> 2004 Harvard Business<br />
School Working Knowledge paper, MIT<br />
professor Thomas W. Malone wrote that<br />
innovation is the key to succeeding in<br />
the modern knowledge economy. By<br />
fostering flexibility, agility, and individual<br />
creativity, a decentralized business nurtures<br />
innovation.<br />
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