Small Business

Coach Iya Karade had to shut her gymnastics studio, Athletic Arts Academy, when the pandemic hit. Now open, she is operating at about 25% capacity. Source: Iya Karade When the pandemic first slammed the country last March, Iya Karade was one of countless small-business owners who had to shut their doors. Her Orange, New Jersey-based

A worker puts pepperoni on a pizza inside a Domino’s Pizza franchise in New York. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images After a year marked by business closures, disruptions and unprecedented challenges, the franchising industry is poised to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels by year’s end if Covid-19 is controlled, according to an upcoming

Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon has bought Selz, a company that makes tools to help businesses launch their own online stores. Amazon quietly acquired the e-commerce platform on

Vanessa Bisorca loves her life as a stay-at-home mom to two teenage children. She also loves fashion. In 2015, the lifelong bargain shopper decided to sell some clothes from her closet to pocket extra cash and make room for new items. Bisorca, 38, downloaded the fashion e-commerce app Poshmark and listed a few pieces of

Tom Cormier, co-founer DropshippingUniversity.com Thomas Cormier Maybe you’ve seen videos circulating online of people who have quit their corporate jobs to pursue a dream of entrepreneurial success. One of the most popular forms nowadays revolves around a concept in e-commerce known as dropshipping.  Dropshipping is a business model that allows entrepreneurs to sell products to their

Margaux & Max has been able to stay afloat with Dinges’ Facebook livestreams and creative marketing, even while the retail store remains closed for in-person shopping. Photo: Je Donna Dinges Small business owners have faced a bit of whiplash over the last year as Covid-19 swept the nation, with restrictions leading to closings, reopenings and

Katz’s Delicatessen in New York City has been around for more than a century, maturing into an iconic institution on the Lower East Side. Owner Jake Dell told CNBC on Friday he feels the weight of family history as he seeks to navigate the uncertainty and disruption wrought by the coronavirus pandemic. “This is our

Charles “Chase” Merritt, who was convicted of murdering the McStay family, appears during his sentencing hearing at San Bernardino Superior Court in San Bernardino on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. Watchara Phomicinda | MediaNews Group | The Riverside Press-Enterprise via Getty Images In an era of gig work and side hustles, many budding entrepreneurs may be

Courtney Senechal, RN, prepares to give the second Moderna vaccine shot for Covid-19, at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center in Boston on Jan. 19, 2021. Jonathan Wiggs | Boston Globe | Getty Images Barely more than one in five small business owners (22%) will require their employees to get Covid-19 vaccines when they become

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during an event to introduce the Raise The Wage Act at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 16, 2019. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images One third of small business owners say they’ll likely lay off workers if Congress raises the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, according to the latest

Vice President Kamala Harris, from left, U.S. President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, wear protective masks while meeting with Democratic senators in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 to discuss Covid-19 stimulus relief. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty

sturti | E+ | Getty Images The tax competition between states to attract and keep businesses and residents has been ongoing for decades. The national migration pattern has generally trended from cold, high-tax northern states to warm, low-tax southern and south western states. Retirees, no longer tied to a workplace or raising children, have been

Making extra cash from a side hustle can be a brilliant way of improving your finances quickly – and doing work of your choosing. Depending on your time availability and your side gig of choice, it can also be fairly lucrative: The average Millennial reports earning nearly $1,000 per month from their side gigs, according

Edwin Sanchez, Echez CEO and member of the Latino Business Action Network meets with team members remotely. SLEI Despite being the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. small business ecosystem, Latinos continue to struggle to secure capital from national banks. That’s according to the State of Latino Entrepreneurship 2020 research study from the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative. “Over

Vice President Kamala Harris watches as President Joe Biden signs executive orders after speaking on racial equity in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on January 26, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Just over two weeks into his administration, President Joe Biden has already made it clear

A lot has changed in the last year. But the drastic shifts to society and the economy caused by coronavirus can present new opportunities for you to use your skills as an entrepreneur, according to best-selling author Patrice Washington.  Washington lost her real estate business in 2008 and spent the next decade building a new

A pedestrian wearing a protective mask crosses California Street in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images In late October, when San Francisco moved into California’s least-restrictive Covid-19 “yellow tier” — indicating minimal spread of the coronavirus — Lauren Crabbe was hopeful. Crabbe, the owner

Payment card fraud losses reached $28.65 billion worldwide in 2019, according to the most recent Nilson Report data. The United States alone is responsible for more than a third of the total global loss, making it the most card fraud-prone country in the world. Julie Conroy, a research director for Aite Group’s fraud and anti-money

Plastic ‘house’ tents are set outside a restaurant on the Upper West Side as the city continues the re-opening efforts following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on November 01, 2020 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images More than 110,000 eating and drinking establishments closed last year, either temporarily or

As the Covid vaccine rollout gains steam nationwide, restaurants are weighing options to encourage workers to get the vaccine. Foodservice workers are recommended in phase 1(c) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s lists of who should be vaccinated when supply is limited, falling just behind high-risk health-care workers, the elderly and frontline essential