Tis the season for Christmas trees, office parties, and big box retail deals. It makes us nostalgic for a simpler time–say, November. Here are six posts from last month you may have missed. That’s okay, with all the Holiday cheering going on, we can barely remember them, ourselves.

1. 7 Famous Actors Whose Parents Owned a Small Business

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Matthew McConaughey’s father owned and operated a gas station in Texas.

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2. 6 Small Businesses That Help People Think Outside the Box, Outside

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According to research, there’s truth in the idea that to think outside the box you may need to actually be outside. And if you’re gonna go, why not go big?

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3. Top 10 Industries With the Fastest-Growing Businesses in 2013

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If your small business is in the right industry, say, construction, metal works, architecutre, or real estate, your past year has likely experienced some gangbusters sales growth.

Metal product manufacturing (Up 11.9%)

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4. Monday Morning Small Business Motivational Mashup: Goethe & Star Wars

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“The desire to explain what is simple by what is complex, what is easy by what is difficult, is a calamity.”

Maxims and Reflections (1833)

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5. 5 Questions to Ask Before Opening a Second Location StoreFront

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Managing growth is a challenge for all business owners. Owners of physical retail stores have a unique problem: the question of expanding into new locations.

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6. Six Businesses Operated By the Same Family for a Century or Morefamily business

A family business can be difficult to maintain, especially when it is passed down from one generation to the next.

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