Kelly K. Spors
Kelly K. Spors is a freelance writer in St. Louis Park, Minn.
Pivots
How One Grocery Store Is Modernizing the Honor System
MBAs Across America helped a Kansas City, Missouri food market find identify technologies to help it graduate from an old-school paper system to boost efficiency.
Pivots
What These MBA Students Did on Their Summer Vacation
MBAs Across America sends teams from top U.S. business schools across the country to consult with small high-impact companies.
Driving Business - Driving Success
To Grow, This Distillery Learned How to Tell Its State-of-the-Art Story
MBAs Across America helped one Butte, Montana distillery understand and educate its market to expand to online sales.
Winning Strategies
7 Reasons '7 Habits of Highly Effective People' Lives on 25 Years Later
Today is the book's 25th anniversary. We look at the secrets from this thought leadership empire.
Forward thinkers
100-Year-Old Jolly Time Pop Corn Offers Kernels of Wisdom
Fourth-generation owners Garry and Carlton Smith share how their family-owned business has stayed fresh for a century.
Forward thinkers
What You Can Learn From Nintendo's Weird and Wonderful 125 Years
From playing cards, to taxis to love hotels, it's been a long road to producing iconic gaming systems. We explain what entrepreneurs can learn from this long-running company.
Growth Strategies
Century-Old Businesses: Their Secrets to Success
It's getting harder to reach 100. We explain what's worked.
Entrepreneurs
Bitstrips' Founder on the Importance of Mobile and the Year Ahead
Bitstrips' CEO Jacob Blackstock talks about the company's soaring growth and plans for 2014.
Entrepreneurs
What Mobile Gifting Will Look Like in 2014
2013 was a big year for CEO Matt Brezina whose company Sincerely got acquired. He tells us what he's learned and how this former startup will grow in the new year.
Growth Strategies
A College 'Trep's Plans for 2014
Entrepreneur caught up with College Entrepreneur of 2012 Bryan Silverman and talked about the upcoming year and his plans after graduation.
Growth Strategies
Building a Sustainable Brand -- One Thoughtful Step at a Time
HAVEN founder Kayce White explains what she's gleaned from the rapid growth of her all-natural cleaning products business.
Growth Strategies
Why This 'Trep Will Start School in 2014
Entrepreneur caught up with its past 'Treps of the Year, Emerging Entrepreneur Jason Lucash, about how the year has changed him and how it's prepared him for 2014.
Business Optimization
Manufacturer Thinks 'Lean' to Cut Waste, Boost Efficiency
This printing company used methods from Toyota to reduce errors and inefficiencies.
Business Optimization
How Online Direct Sales Saved This Luxury Business
The financial crisis forced Vero Linens to find a new target market.
Marketing Bootcamp
For Agility, A Shift to Freelancers
Shedding overhead helped this North Carolina marketing agency refocus and become profitable after a merger.