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Music Store Live in Vermont; LoveTheCool, a digital media agency in Massachusetts.

Salare, a farm-to-table restaurant in Seattle; LawnGuru, an online lawn service and mobile app based in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Brewvana offers tours of microbreweries in Portland, Ore.; Brooklyn Outdoor, an outdoor advertising agency.

Face Rock Creamery, a cheddar creamery in Bandon, Ore.; KBZ FX, a special effects makeup studio in La Mesa, Calif.

Alpacas at Lone Ranch in southern Oregon; Nature's Kindle in Garden Grove, Calif., offers handcrafted soy candles.

Everyday California, an ocean adventure and apparel company in La Jolla, Calif.; photographer Nikki Closser.