"Mr. Beaver, my husband, 'Leroy,' is a high school history teacher and just inherited $50,000. He wants to use it to open a business but does not know what kind of business. "I grew up in a family ...

Many small business owners fail to consider business credit until they urgently need it. This financial tool is separate from personal credit and allows your company to secure financing based solely ...

Many startups begin in unconventional places—garages, coffee shops, coworking spaces. Mine started in my home office, in the slivers of time I could find outside of my full-time job. Early mornings, ...

A client of mine built two thriving Montessori schools, each with more than a hundred children enrolled. While she was proud of her accomplishments, the reality was less rosy. Between daily management ...

There was a time when I thought I had to choose between social good and success in business. Then came several natural disasters that led me out of the corporate world and into the global for-profit ...

Want to buy a local business? Watch out — it might lead you to buying even more small businesses. “I call these ‘gateway-drug businesses,'” says Codie Sanchez. That’s because local businesses are ...