Small Business

Two out of every five working Americans say they'd rather own their own business, but which U.S. states offer the best conditions for these entrepreneurs?

Millennials showed greater knowledge about sustainability than other age cohorts and a strong interest in implementing sustainable business practices, but noted that in their current roles, they lacked the influence needed to effect change.

For many mid-sized wholesale and distribution companies eager to expand, yet don’t want to drain their budgets in the process, a new generation of fully-featured sophisticated business management software with customized modules is allowing them to ...

It started a little more than a year ago with a suggestion and a few casual conversations. The plan to turn this expedition into a road trip took form through late night texts and raucous phone conferences and plenty of “What if we did this?!” and “That could work!” comments. As the passenger list grew […]

New data from financial information company Sageworks shows a mixed bag of results for the nation's retailers, with some performing quite well over the past year and others in need of a serious boost this holiday season.

Being bold is a key to success, he says, but you can get so carried away that you ignore danger signs or don’t take care in your planning.

Like any entrepreneur, I was focused on my own goals those first few years – getting established and growing the business – so the fact that the number of businesses owned by women was about to hit a period of dramatic growth wasn’t my major concern.

The new product transforms the traditional “factoring” system, whereby small businesses sell outstanding invoices to a third party creditor. In this new product, small businesses continue to own their relationships with their customers and manage ...