Something For Nothing
Forget about bartering. For start-ups, it's all about the freebies. Read story
Stephanie Clifford
Managed Competition Gains Admirers
Hillary Clinton health care is back -- and it's working. Read story
So many standards to follow, so little payoff
Companies have spent a lot of money to comply with ISO's popular management standards. Now, many wonder why they bothered. Read story
Your Tax Dollars at Work
There are some new faces at the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Gone are veep wannabe John Edwards (now a Harvard fellow) and former... Read story
The Next Great Retail Idea: PR?
A North Carolina entrepreneur sets his sights on creating the H&R Block of public relations. Read story
Fit for the Executive Suite
Hotels with a sweaty twist on room service. Read story
Spitzer Probes Raise Fears of Employer Liability
What Eliot Spitzer's investigations mean for you. Read story
SBA Expo, Day 3: And, We're Clear!
I was shadowing Donnice Thode, who distributes materials for the construction industry, as she pitched Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and other big buyers on her ... Read story
SBA Tips on Financing and Globalization
On Wednesday, I attended SBA Expo sessions on financing and globalization. Some surprising numbers: There are now 225,000 businesses exporting, and SMEs m... Read story
Bush Addresses SBA Expo on Energy Policy
Seemingly unphased from his morning in a bunker , President George W. Bush strode onstage at the SBA Expo on... Read story
The SBA Expo, Day One
It's morning in DC, and the Washington Hilton is overflowing with small-business owners here for the SBA Expo '05. Hector Barreto, in an early AM convers... Read story
HP Expanding Into Service Industry
April 26,2005 --In an interview with Inc . this morning, Hewlett-Packard said it will expand into services for the small-business ... Read story
Groups Prepare for Battle over FMLA Changes
April 19, 2005 --In 1993, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was approved, allowing employees to take unpaid leave to handle certain ... Read story
EBay Hike Irks Small Businesses
EBay springs a price increase on eBay Stores owners. Read story
Tax Holiday for Little Guys, Too
Make sure you take advantage of the repatriation tax break just like the big boys. Read story
CEOs of Fast-Growing Companies See Bright Future for Entrepreneurship
March 23, 2005 --The temperature in Tucson was high, as was the level of debate inside this year's 23rd annual Inc. 500 conference, where ... Read story
SEC Offers Small Businesses Sarbox Relief
March 14, 2005 -- Sarbanes-Oxley can be a headache for small businesses, but relief may be in sight with the extension of a key upcomin... Read story
OSHA Gets Funding Boost
March 3, 2005 -- President Bush's proposed budget for the coming fiscal year asks for a $2.8 million increase in funding to the Occupatio... Read story
Employers Tackle A Tricky Math Problem
Teaching math: the new core competency. Read story
Serial Entrepreneurs: They Just Can't Stop Themselves
Once exotic, serial entrepreneurs are everywhere these days. From their tolerance for failure to their creative use of resources to their sense of when to le... Read story
Job Dropouts Drop Back In
Encouraging news on discouraged workers. Read story
Banks Become Main Target of Defrauded Investors
February 17, 2005 --Who's at fault for the Internet boom and bust of a few years ago? Investors, bankers, and companies involved in the bu... Read story
Gas Prices Rise in January
February 16, 2005 --It's not surprising that gas prices are high, but a dramatic rise in January--usually a time where demand for gas is l... Read story
Fast-Growth Firms Sidestep Bank Loans
February 10, 2005 -- Small American companies are raising their revenue forecasts for the coming year, and may avoid bank loans and look ... Read story
Business Ownership Among Immigrant Women on the Rise
February 4, 2005 --There's long been an American dream of a man immigrating to the U.S., setting up a business, and providing for himself ... Read story
It's Official: MBAs Are a Bunch of Clowns
B-schools send in the clowns. Read story
Love for the Workaholic
The best dating services for busy CEOs -- like this SWF. Read story
Economy Perking Up
Jan. 21, 2005 -- The economy's temperature is improving, according to a slew of recent economic reports. Cheaper oil meant consumer price... Read story
Commerce-ial appeal
Carlos Gutierrez, or, as he's becoming known, The American Dream Personified, starts out a Cuban refugee in Miami. He grows up to drive a Kellogg’s truck,... Read story
Election dissection: state & local races
The small-business lobby was watching a few races this November--you know, other than that big one with Bush and Kerry. The tally on some of the most clo... Read story
An Entrepreneurial Education to Last a Lifetime
Raising happy, healthy -- and maybe entrepreneurial -- children. Read story
Southern Hospitality
There's no place like home for a software entrepreneur who hosts clients and staff at his 1,000-acre crawfish farm in Louisiana. Read story
The Well-Balanced Life: Need help getting your life into shape?
Resources to help you get your life into shape. Read story
The Well-Balanced Life: Paid Time Off
Avocations become side businesses for entrepreneurs mixing work and pleasure. Read story
Powder Ranger
When winter sports thrills turn into nasty spills, ski patroller Alyson Dutch rides to the rescue. Read story
Rush Hour
Evan Mirzett, a former San Francisco State footballer, continues his love for the game by coaching talented middle school kids. Read story
Minimum Wage Set to Increase in Several States
Dec. 24, 2004 --Several states are raising the minimum wage in the New Year, raising the ire of some small-business advocates who argue t... Read story
Passengers to Airlines: No Cell Phones
A recent survey reveals more people prefer to keep cabins phone-free. Read story
Immigration Debates
Jan. 6, 2005 --House Speaker Dennis Hastert took the floor for his first speech in the109th congress on Jan. 4 to discussed a theme that h... Read story
Agenda 11/05
Thanksgiving is this month's main event, and while we encourage seconds, beware the toll that tryptophan can have on personal productiv...zzzzzzz. Read story
