Small Business

 With so many success stories out there, it's easy for other aspiring entrepreneurs to believe that sites like Kickstarter are their golden ticket to launching a business. 

Here are seven ways to convey that you are poised, polished and ready to conduct business with the highest standards of professionalism.

Choosing the right name for your startup is perhaps the most important branding decision you can make as an entrepreneur. 

One entrepreneur shares his four best tips for hiring great employees for a growing startup. 

You're out of work, so you need a job. You have a job, but you want a different one. Or maybe it's time to start up You, Inc. For any case, here is advice.

The sheer volume of emails the average person receives on a daily and weekly basis can be overwhelming.

The modern era goes by many names — the digital age, the Internet age, etc. But the moniker that best describes what's expected of today's businesses and their leaders is "the social age."

To prevent your business from taking a hit this summer, Travelers put together a list of the biggest seasonal risks and ways to avoid them.

Small business owners are charging full speed ahead into 2016 despite some concerns over growth in the last year.

Want your employees to get more done during the workday? Some employers might think that setting limitations on things like mobile devices and Internet access is the answer, but many companies have found that giving their workers more freedom and flexibility through certain policies is the key to increased efficiency.

Pennsylvania’s capital city has been struggling with enormous debts and, most recently, an SEC lawsuit. Area business owners say the city’s financial issues have led to an increase in crime that’s hurting sales, yet they remain optimistic about the future.

Digital personal-styling site Stitch Fix, which sends fashion ‘fixes’ in a box to customers who upload a profile to the site, scores $12 million from Benchmark Capital.

Tweets of the week: Here are some of the LOL-inducing, insightful and character-limited words of wisdom that helped me run my business this week.

Would you be good at the game: ‘What was your longest work week ever?’ And what exactly is the criteria for winning? Here are some of the LOL-inducing, insightful and character-limited words of wisdom that helped me run my business this week.

The billionaire investor divulges to FOX Business why he gobbled up $19 million worth of bitcoin last month. 

As online sales heat up, a national trend is emerging: Successful web-based brands are opening physical store locations, and Saddleback Leather is bringing that trend to the small business arena.

Oreo is one of the most ubiquitous brands on the planet. In this humble cookie lies a few powerful lessons for small business owners

Wells Fargo is the latest in big corporations intent on mentoring startups and aiding them with resources to fuel growth...on both sides of the equation.

The secret sauce for turning around Twitter may lie among the world’s most inconspicuous small businesses.

If only there were a way for small businesses to benefit from a little bit of this SuperBowl madness. Well, there is.