Get To Know Your Customers Better
Demographics sounds expensive and frightening, but it's a useful tool even for small companies. Read story
Demography
Planning for Customers by the Numbers
By Tim Berry | Jan 14, 2000
As an essential first step to writing a business plan, you should have a good idea of how many potential customers there are. Most business plans c... Read story
Census Bureau to Update Employment Data
Nov 8, 2006
Nov. 8, 2006 -- The Census Bureau will interview some 70,000 households across the nation during the week of Nov. 12 for the Current Popu... Read story
Make Your Business Count
By Rhonda Abrams | Feb 20, 2003
Make your business count! And have your business be counted. It's time for the Economic Census of the United States. Every five years, the US Censu... Read story
The Soloists
By John Case | May 15, 2001
How many one-person businesses are there -- and what do they actually do? Read story
Researchers Decry Census Funding Cuts
Aug 20, 2007
Entrepreneurship researchers are urging lawmakers to reconsider proposed federal funding cuts that would eliminate surveys of the nation's small businesse... Read story
Census Bureau Introduces New Economic Indicator
Sept. 14, 2004 --A new economic indicator released Monday showed that overall services revenue in the U.S. increased 5.4% in the second qu... Read story
Putting Your Business on the Map
By Kazumi Tanaka | Jun 15, 1996
A look at new software that lets users map everything from demographic trends to choice store locations. Read story
Getting the Dirt on Your Market
By Rhonda Abrams | Feb 20, 2002
New location? Get market information, including population density, demographics, and the number and type of local businesses. Read story
It's All About Geography
By John Case | May 15, 2001
Where are the new companies starting up? Read story
The Silent Majority
By JAY FINEGAN | Oct 1, 1988
Statistics show a low turnout of business workers at the polls. Read story
More Than Half of Americans Now Online -- and Looking to Buy
By Kevin Ohannessian | Nov 1, 2005
Nov. 1, 2005 --Americans are becoming more and more connected, with 62% of households now owning a computer and 55% using the Internet, ac... Read story
Western States Home to Most Startup Workers
By Kelly Faircloth | Feb 25, 2009
The West leads the country in percentage of their population employed by startup companies. Read story
Why Customer Buy is More Important than What They Buy
By Jennifer Monahan | Jun 11, 2003
Conducting "needs" segmentation: knowing why a customer buys, can do more to help increase customer value than studying behavior: knowing what a customer ... Read story
Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses Skyrocket
By Peter Hoy | May 1, 2006
New Census data shows significantly higher startup rates among such groups. Read story
Turmoil Today, Jobs Tomorrow
By Paul Reynolds | Dec 1, 1994
The Coleman Foundation Chair of Entrepreneurial Studies explains the results of studies on regional economies. Read story
Boomtowns '06
By Joel Kotkin | May 1, 2006
Bellingham, Washington; St. George, Utah; McAllen, Texas... You may be surprised by the places that top our list of the hottest cities for entrepreneurs. Read story
Asian-American Business Ownership, Revenues Increase
By Peter Hoy | May 17, 2006
New data finds that minority entrepreneurs are outpacing the national average. Read story
Online with Uncle Sam
By Susan Greco | Nov 1, 1996
Here are some Federal Web sites that can help you find important on-line information. Read story
The Next Big Things
By Michael S. Hopkins | May 15, 1997
Inc. asks several ad hoc demographic experts to predict the future and suggest what will be the next big thing. Read story
Entrepreneurial Couples
If farming is considered a business, and all farms have a definite business aspect, then the reality of couples working together in a business goes back t... Read story
Online Job Demand Hits Record High
Mar 8, 2007
March 8, 2007 -- Online recruiting rose to a near three-year high in February, driven by greater employment demand in utilities, transpor... Read story
Discretionary Income
Discretionary income is a widely used but imprecise definition of that portion of personal income not spent on actual or perceived necessities. Thus discr... Read story
Multicultural Work Force
A multicultural work force is one made up of men and women from a variety of different cultural and racial backgrounds. The labor force of any country is ... Read story
The Case Of The Missing Metros
By Michael Boyd | Jun 1, 1988
You're right: manufacturing is experiencing hot growth. But you're not quite right. It's happening in San Jose, not San Francisco. No offense to Frisco,... Read story
Study Sees Obstacles to Minority Business Growth
By Mina Azodi | Jul 7, 2005
July 7, 2005 --Minority CEOs need to change the way they think about business or they will fall behind in the global economy, reported a r... Read story
New York's Anti-Traffic Plan Fails
By Angus Loten | Apr 7, 2008
Local small-business groups called the move to ease gridlock by taxing drivers a cure worse than the disease. Read story
Employers Ignoring Language Barrier
By Alexandra Zendrian | May 6, 2008
A survey finds few U.S. businesses offer English-language training for immigrant employees. Read story
Resources: Click Here for Business Help
By Phaedra Hise | Nov 1, 1995
The URLs for three data-packed Web sites. Read story
Minority-Owned Businesses
Minority-owned businesses are on the rise. Over the past twenty years the United States has seen steady growth in the number of businesses owned by minori... Read story
Hispanic Businesses on Growth Path
By Matt Quinn
June 7, 2004 -- Six years from now, Hispanic-owned businesses will earn an estimated $465 billion and number 3.2 million, according to a n... Read story
One Man's Alien is Another's Employee
By Darren Dahl | Oct 1, 2005
Unlikely Iowa becomes the center of an immigration debate. Read story
Most Small Businesses Start Without Outside Capital
By Peter Hoy | Oct 3, 2006
New Census reports reveal how the nation's businesses are funded, where they are based, and other demographics. Read story
Self-Employment Up for Women and Ethnic Groups
December 6, 2004 --Between 1979 and 2003 the number of self-employed women, blacks and Latinos has risen sharply, according to a report re... Read story
Texas Senator Calls for Small Business Reforms
By Kasey Wehrum | Aug 18, 2005
August 18, 2005 --Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) called for a number of reforms to aid small business owners, including health care r... Read story
Technology Driving Solo Business Boom
By Liz Webber | Jul 20, 2007
The number of sole proprietors continues to rise nationwide, thanks to lower start-up costs. Read story
A One-Stop Shop for Setting Up Your Own Online Shop
By Tamara Schweitzer | Aug 8, 2007
A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business. Read story
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