Small Business

The issue of retirement savings affects the entire U.S.

As we approach the end of 2013, the report card for small business lending is mixed.

It is amazing to me that in a sophisticated industry such as banking, today there are still many banks, credit unions and other lenders who have not invested in the technology to accept online small business loan applications.

Here are some useful apps — and some firsthand advice — to make your next conference participation a worthy investment of both your time and money.

Entrepreneur.com's picks for startups to watch from CES 2014.

In this post I will show you how to set up a simple and (almost) free sales pipeline to help keep track of how well your business is doing with its sales initiatives.

Today’s entrepreneurs need to stay ahead not only of competitors, but also of their own customers’ technology needs as well.

Six months after launching in San Francisco, Shyp introduced its shipping service to the Big Apple. CEO Kevin Gibbon shares his tips for other entrepreneurs planning an expansion to a new city.

Sadly, like my now closed favorite bakery, small business owners too often believe that having the best product is all they need to grow profitably and become hugely successful. Having the best product is a bonus. Knowing how to make it efficiently, price it, sell it, and get the word out is just as critical. Here's some help.

Small business owners looking to grow the operation and increase sales should take a closer look at search engine optimization and search engine marketing, in order to take advantage of consumers’ online search habits.

From Freelancer.com to the IdeaLists to HomeHero, the Web Employment category of this year’s Webby Awards is a virtual sign of the times.

Here are my top five predictions for where we're heading in social media in 2014.

Technology, not new employees, is driving growth for small businesses across the country, according to the latest SurePayroll Small Business Index.

Here’s what every small business owner should know about social media.

Feel like your business is a bit behind in the social media sphere? Shake up your strategy with these different ideas.

Should small businesses be run more like successful tech startups? That’s what serial entrepreneur Steve Blank thinks. But MIT professor Fiona Murray disagrees – and says running small businesses like startups can sink an SMB to the ground.

If you don’t already have one, make launching a business website your key goal for the coming year. Here's what you need to know.

On Thursday, New York City’s FinTech Innovation Lab held a demo day for the six participating startups.

As a business owner, you know snafus can happen with any product launch. Here’s what you can learn from the botched ObamaCare rollout.

Are you findable in today’s 'Yellow pages' – aka the World Wide Web? Here is what you need to know.