Small Business

The U.S. may be on the verge of another pandemic wave, as the highly contagious Delta variant, now the most common strain in the U.S., accounts for 83 percent of analyzed infections. Businesses are preparing for the worst--again.From hunkering down to adjusting their policies for unvaccinated...

If you rise to become CEO of an established company or you're brought in to turn one around, you face a raft of surprising leadership challenges:Inability to trust some of your inherited team to tell you what you need...

No aspiring entrepreneur has all the information they need to start a business upfront. Many lessons about startup life are learned through experience, and you can't and won't know everything in advance. However, it can help to have some...

Whatever you think of Elon Musk, there's really no question that he qualifies as one of the most successful entrepreneurs of his generation. He is currently worth more than $160 billion, making him one of the three richest men...

Dan Price wants bosses to stop acting like everyone's an extrovert. The founder and CEO of payment-processing business Gravity Payments, Price is known for instituting a $70,000 minimum salary at that company -- and he takes issue with entrepreneurs who are calling all of...

Small businesses hit with cyberattacks may soon get a helping hand from the federal government.A bipartisan bill introduced this week by House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) is aimed at increasing...

So your business makes a great product. Do customers love your brand for its authenticity? If not, you probably have some work to do.That's according to Lisa Price, founder of the beauty brand Carol's Daughter, and Miguel Garza, co-founder of Siete Family...

The anniversary of the Apollo moon landing marked one small step for space travel but a giant leap for space billionaires.Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson vividly demonstrated this month that soaring up to the near reaches of the sky...

Retail entrepreneurs who want a piece of consumers' holiday budget may need a new strategy this year.U.S. retailers will face an extra $223 billion in costs of goods sold this holiday season due to significant year-over-year cost increases for freight, manufacturing,...

A regular topic of conversation in every post-pandemic board meeting these days has to do with buying or selling something. Often, the company itself is potentially on the block, but at other times the discussion is about acquiring a...