Small Business

The FOCUS Brands group president said it’s a shame for business leaders not to take the time to mentor and give back to startups because, as she’s found out time and again, you never know where a simple conversation can lead.

In this Salute to America Success, we’re taking a CREAM, a company putting a twist on the classic ice cream sandwich.

In January 2016, Batch founded Impellia, a sports medicine venture that aims to bring innovative injury prevention and rehabilitation technology to the mainstream.

Forget about the politicians in Washington and don’t count on Corporate America to get our struggling economy going — it’s America’s entrepreneurs that will prove to be the saviors. American entrepreneurs, through their creativity, innovation, and willingness to embrace risk, are the real engines that power our economy.

I’ve been saying for a while now that the economy has revived, creating lots of opportunities for smart entrepreneurs to tap into pent-up consumer spending. Apparently, lots of small business owners agree with me.

Knowing how difficult, not to mention annoying, resolutions can be, there’s a different way to kick off the new year in your small business. I call it Strategic Look At Critical Components, or SLACC, for short.

Gene Marks reports from 'in the trenches' on Main Street, with tips about starting a business from entrepreneurs who have been there and done that.

While boxer Floyd Mayweather is gearing up for the "fight of the century," one of his business investments is also packing a punch. Shots, the selfie app, is gaining traction amongst teens and growing fast.

KIND Healthy Snacks, the fastest growing purveyor of healthy snacks in the US, also has a social mission of making the world a kinder place.

Family businesses that play together stay together

LSTN makes and sells handcrafted wood headphones for the hearing impaired with the aim of 'changing the world through the power of music.'

The small business community agrees state minimum wage hikes will be burdensome for the little guys, but the cannabis industry will help boost state revenues, and serve to create jobs.

Entrepreneurship is all the rage, but lurching headfirst into the startup realm without the right skill set and network is a big mistake.

Here are five things companies with the entrepreneurial spirit do.

Proper is our social business of the day #mysbc

Mayukha Vadari, 16, is the founder of GRISM, a program that aims to increase girls’ interest in math and science.

Social enterprise TO THE MARKET is our small business of the day.

Trumaker is our small business of the day.

A for-profit social accessories brand that produces unique, knotted, handmade jewelry and donates a portion of the proceeds to benefit girls' education in Bangladesh.

Economist Jeremy Rifkin, author of ‘The Zero Marginal Cost Society: the Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons and the Collapse of Capitalism,’ on the development of an energy Internet.