Small Business

Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, a democratic presidential candidate, attends the U.S Conference of Mayors 88th Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C, January 22, 2020. Yasin Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Democratic presidential candidates are taking aim at a new tax break for small businesses. Billionaire Michael Bloomberg last week pitched a

McDonald’s worker prepares french fries to go. Getty Images America’s franchisees are poised for another year of growth in 2020 as the U.S. economy chugs along, bolstered by a strong consumer. But facing an election year and a historically tight jobs market, franchise establishment growth is slowing to its lowest rate in the past four

Starting your own business is one of the most difficult career paths to navigate, and even the most successful entrepreneur makes mistakes. But to really succeed, you need to take risks and understand you will not be successful right from the get-go. It takes a long time to grow a business — and even longer

CreativeDJ You start your business with a boatload of enthusiasm. What you may not have is a wealth of accounting or financial knowledge — the ins and outs of tax law, cash flow management and insurance. Just over 400,000 startups opened their doors in 2015, according to the Small Business Association. The good news: That’s

David Solomon, Goldman Sachs, at Marcus event Goldman Sachs is in talks to offer small business loans to merchants on Amazon‘s sprawling e-commerce platform, according to a person with knowledge of the plan. The bank has been working on software that would allow it to plug into Amazon’s existing loan platform, said the person, who

If you dream of working for yourself one day, entrepreneurship may be the right path for you. But running a business is not as easy as a walk in the park. Take this quiz, created by The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, to test your entrepreneurial knowledge so you can find out if you are on

Small business owner Stephanie Vitori has gone from burger delivery girl to owning one of South Beaches most buzzed about burger joints. Vitori is the owner of Cheeseburger Baby, a frequent hot spot for celebrity clients that include Beyonce, Kanye West, Diddy and Gabrielle Union. “We have a large celebrity clientele. Once the word got

From a 401(k) plan to pet insurance for Fido, in today’s tight labor market, workers expect far more than just health insurance from their employers. For small businesses, that’s been a problem. There are more small companies and startups than ever before yet, because of their size, these firms have traditionally been at a disadvantage when

Hanno Renner, co-founder and CEO of Personio. Personio Hanno Renner was 25 when he set up Personio, a software start-up looking to take the myriads of boring admin tasks and piles of paper out of human resources. Before he became a tech entrepreneur, Renner was a student at Germany’s Technical University of Munich, where he

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee speaks during a Gospel Music Association ceremony in Nashville. He plans to sign an adoption bill that the LGBTQ community and many businesses say is discriminatory. Terry Wyatt | Getty Images Businesses are expressing disappointment in response to Gov. Bill Lee’s plans to sign an anti-LGBTQ adoption bill into law. The