Small Business

A new report from the International Franchise Association predicts the pace of franchise growth will continue to pick up in 2014.

Since 2007, Phoenix, Ariz.-based Local Motors has crowdsourced car design online – and brought real vehicles to market thanks to its U.S. micro-factories. Now, Local Motors is teaming up with GE to bring its crowdsourcing platform to the world of kitchen appliances.  

FeeX, co-founded by Waze’s Uri Levine, aims to use crowdsourced information on retirement accounts to help users cut fees.

One entrepreneur weighs in on the mechanics of raising your first round of financing. 

Entrepreneur gives an entertaining and educational picture of just how bizarre the Bitcoin story is, from its mysterious beginnings to its rise as a kind of, almost, on the brink of mainstream currency around the globe today.

An entrepreneur shares three mistakes to avoid when building your business.

With every sale, startup Harry’s supports a nonprofit that helps veterans readjust to life after war. Andy Mayfield and Jeff Raider (also of Warby Parker) explain why social entrepreneurship is so important to the business.  

While running your own company seems like a solution to at least some work-life balance issues, The New York Times says some entrepreneurs say self-employment means making major sacrifices.

One of the things entrepreneurs are proud of is being forward thinking. We invent and utilize new technologies and business ideas and consumers tend to follow. Well, sometimes it’s consumers who take the lead and business owners are the ones who have to catch up.

The latest round, co-led by Greylock Partners and Sequoia Capital, brings total funding to $66.5 million.

The Austin-based startup also announced a $4 million Series A round of funding from Charles River Ventures.

Will venture capital move beyond the boundaries of Silicon Valley?

If there’s one practical lesson that jury duty teaches small business owners, it’s the need to be proactive in delegating and preparing for the day you will not be around. And it doesn’t have to be a total time waste, here’s why.

Business transaction platform Tradeshift closed a $75 million round, while sales solutions startup ClearSlide raised $50 million. Here’s a look at some of the startups that closed rounds of the funding this week.  

Entrepreneurs share why they feel writing a business plan is valuable -- even if you don't need one in order to raise money or secure a loan. 

Eight entrepreneurs answer the question: What is the most catastrophic choice -- think hiring or funding -- you've made and how did you recover from the failure?

The right business plan is often the difference between a great idea merely sitting in your head and that same idea being turned into a multi-million dollar company. Here are the do's and don'ts of drafting a winning one.

Although you may have the greatest product or a brilliant idea for your startup, you need something else.

PayPal is expanding its Blueprint program. Now, startups participating in 18 incubators and accelerators will receive free processing for up to $1.5 million in payments.

With This Land, Marine Corps veteran Dan McCready is hoping to shed a spotlight on some of the United States’ most talented artisans and craftspeople.