Share your story.
Get seen.
Featured North interviews the people behind independent businesses across Canada and the US. It's free, it's in your own words, and it takes about 20 minutes.
How it works
Apply
Tell us about your business in two minutes. It's free.
Answer
Answer our interview questions in your own words.
Publish
Our editors shape your story and send it to you to check.
Share
Go live with a badge and a ready-made social post.
What we'll ask
No trick questions. How you started, what makes you different, what you've learned, and what's next.
- How did the business start?
- What do you do that others don't?
- What was the hardest lesson so far?
- What advice would you give another owner?
Who we feature
- Independent, owner-run businesses
- Anywhere in Canada or the US
- Brand new or 40 years old
- Shops, food, trades, clinics, studios and services
What you get
Every owner we feature gets tools to share their story.
Questions
Yes. There’s no cost to be interviewed or published.
Independent, operating businesses in Canada and the United States: shops, restaurants, trades, clinics, studios, service businesses and more. We don’t feature multi-level marketing, get-rich-quick offers or anything we wouldn’t recommend to a friend.
We send you our questions by email. You answer in your own words, in writing, whenever suits you. It usually takes 20 to 30 minutes.
Yes. We send it to you to check facts, names and details. Our editors have the final say on style and headline.
Your answers and a few good photos: you, your space, and what you make or do. Our guide to photographing your business with a phone covers the basics.
We’re collecting interviews now, and our first stories publish in January 2027. We’ll give you your date once your answers are in.
Apply to be interviewed
Tell us about your business: your website or Instagram, what you do, where you are and how long you've been open. Know an owner who should be featured? Send us their details instead.
- We reply within three business days
- Free to take part
- Independent businesses in Canada and the US
Prefer a quick chat first? Book a free 30-minute intro call with the editorial team.