Upstate Community Press
Small Business Interview Series
No camera recording, No prep needed, and no cost to you. Just a relaxed chat with one of our journalists over google meets.
Free For Those Who Qualify
We belive great businesses should be featured without pay-to-play barriers. The focus is on real stories, real work, and building an authentic community, not selling access.
After the interview, we turn the conversation into a clean, pro article and send it to you for revisions. Its yours to use and share however you’d like.
Founders
This is for founders who are in it—building, testing, learning, and pushing something forward.
Small Business Owners
Small business owners who are hands-on, community-driven, and actively building something they care about should reach out and apply.
Start Ups & Ideas
Just getting started or recently launched? Maybe you’re sitting on a great idea with a clear vision behind it. Let’s talk.
Artists & Creatives
We’re drawn to people who think visually, work intuitively, and create from instinct rather than formulas. Artists and creatives who follow their own rhythm.
Community-Rooted Brands
rands that are built with intention and a sense of place. If your business is connected to the people, culture, and character of the Upstate—you belong here.
An Opportunity
Pre-Qualifier for The Podcast
This interview series can open doors to new opportunities. After your article is published, we may extend an invitation to our filmed podcast style series that takes place in our production studio. Invitations are limited, and every guest is hand selected.
We Feature:
Interesting Small businesses in the Upstate
The ones with personality, purpose, or a unique point of view—built by people who care about their work and aren’t trying to blend in.
Startups & Startup Ideas
Service pros, brick-and-mortars, and digital folks are all welcome. If you’re delivering real value—whether face-to-face, from a storefront, or entirely online—and building something thoughtful and intentional, this space is for you.
Non-Profits & Community Heros
Not for profit organizations and community influencers that take their time to shape the local scene. Formalized or vagabond we want to tell your story.
Makers, artists, chefs, tinkerers
Makers, artists, chefs, and tinkerers—people who create by doing and learn by experimenting—are a natural fit here. If you’re hands-on, curious, and driven by craft rather than convention, you belong in this space.
Apply Now
Ready to be part of it? Apply now to share what you’re building, connect with like-minded people, and get your work in front of the community. Just fill out our form, and we’ll follow up shortly if it’s a good fit.
