Small Business and Entrepreneur

Home Based Businesses on the Rise

More than half of all U.S. businesses are based at home. These companies often are dismissed as quaint hobbyist ventures, but new research suggests that's a mistake. An estimated 6.6 million home-based enterprises provide at least half of their owners' household income. Together these "homepreneurs" employ one in 10 private-sector workers, and by many measures they're just as competitive as their counterparts in commercial spaces.


Obama Promises Help for Small Businesses (Video)

U.S. President Barack Obama said Saturday his administration will make it easier for small businesses to get credit they need to grow and create new jobs.


New Push to Help Small Business Get Loans

As part of its efforts to stimulate economic recovery, the Obama Administration announced a new set of initiatives to help spur lending to small businesses.


Small Becomes Chic

U.S. officials said it is time to help the little guy after a federal watchdog said a bank bailout program had strained the government's credibility.


Obama to Announce Plans for Small Business

U.S. President Barack Obama turned his attention to small businesses Wednesday as he planned to announce measures that would help increase credit.


Food Retailers Turn to Social Networks to Build Business.

Stung by a shrinking economy, local food retailers are using technology to draw diners. There are varying degrees to this trend. Some struggle to engage customers via Twitter and Facebook. Others, who are more tech savvy, create tools for the smaller screens of mobile devices. They compete against chain restaurants that can afford more innovative technologies, such as the iPhone apps that allow easy ordering at Pizza Hut and Chipotle Mexican Grill.


Perform Due Diligence on Potential Investors

Before your company receives an infusion of equity capital -- whether from a venture capital firm or an angel investor -- an investigation into your operations usually takes place. The process is commonly known as due diligence, and it can be grueling since the investor uses it to try to uncover weaknesses, potential liabilities, and risk exposures.


Why Wholesalers Limit Sales to Small Retailers

It feels "wrong" when a supplier limits your purchasing based on your operating an online company -- but it's not illegal.


Starting a Sports Merchandise Store

On opening a sports store: The costs involved in operating a physical retail location are substantial. Think rent, utilities, taxes, and insurance, not to mention inventory, marketing, and personnel. With such a narrowly focused product line, can your store really do enough sales volume to cover overhead and turn a profit?


El Paso Ranked Among Best Places to Launch Business

El Paso ranks No. 17 on the Web site's list of the best mid-size cities to launch a small business.


Seven Things to Know for Starting a Business

At one time or another, you likely considered launching your own business. You either followed your dream or remained put for this reason or that. As the economy recovers at the tail end of recession, now is as good a time as any to start a business, some experts say. To push your idea from brainchild to fruition, consider the following advice:


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You might agree with Ana Madan's refrain that ketchup runs in her veins. The 49-year-old entrepreneur owns and operates six McDonald's restaurants in Northern New Jersey. Correction: high-volume McDonald's restaurants. Meaning busy. Meaning successful. True, she may have had a leg up of sorts. Her father, Roberto Madan, became a McDonald's owner/operator in the late 1970s, while Ms. Madan was a teenager. But in those days she never pictured being a McDonald's career woman.

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