I’ve spent the better part of the last two weeks trying to write this post explaining why I care about small businesses. In the end, I realized that it’s not so much that I care about small businesses, but rather that I care about helping out the small business owners.

When I was growing up, my dad owned his own carpentry company (Jeff’s Custom Work), which is where he spent most of his time. He didn’t have a workforce behind him, so he was everything: sales, customer support, billing, or accounting; you name it, he did it. In order to support our family, he was forced to transform his carpentry skill into a robust, profitable business.

I think the ability to do it all is what distinguishes small business owners from other people. Not only are they extremely skilled at something that’s highly specialized, they also have the know-how to take that knowledge and turn it into something big. Not only that, but more often than not, local business owners find the time to be incredibly involved in their community and in their family life. I respect my dad for not only supporting our family of five, but for making sure to prioritize the important details in life, like coaching my siblings and me in sports, and for always being there for us when we needed him.

Regardless of how hard any small business owner works to develop their company, there are bound to be challenges. Creating an attractive, professional, and effective website is often one of them. That’s why I’m so excited to share Onepager with the small business owners of the world. We get to take our own specialized skill, and use it to help the people who are working so hard to build their businesses, families, and communities. We want to help small business owners stop spending time and stress on creating a website so that they can spend more time with what really matters to them – family.

-Matt Shampine