Small Business

Lisa Hess and her daughter Lucy enjoy a cup of coffee in San Luis Obispo, California. Shannon McMillen Photography Lisa Hess, owner of Lucy’s Coffee, has started the long climb to restoring her business in a post-coronavirus world. But her well of emergency funding is about to run dry. The crisis came at quite possibly

Willie the Wildcat fires up the fans in the first quarter of a Big 12 football game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and Kansas State Wildcats on November 16, 2019 at Bill Snyder Family Stadium in Manhattan, KS. Scott Winter | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images For Russ Loub and the Little Apple Brewing Co.,

There are around 3.5 million truck drivers in the United States. Their average salary is close to $60,000 a year. Training to get your Class A Commercial Driver’s License takes about seven weeks if you go fulltime. You will also need to be 21 if you plan to drive across state lines.  Trucking comes in

At Chris Purcell’s Firehouse Subs location in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, things aren’t quite business as usual. After suffering sales drops of as much as 60% during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, customers are starting to return. Now it’s all about making them comfortable and keeping employees and patrons alike safe in his store,

An employee wearing a protective mask prepares cut flowers at a wholesale flower market in San Francisco, California, on Monday, May 18, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg via Getty Images The economy is uncertain for small businesses, yet many of them are still taking their time securing emergency funding through the Paycheck Protection Program.

Demonstrators march past the Lincoln Memorial during a protest against police brutality and racism takes place on June 6, 2020 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer Companies have expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement in recent weeks. But many advocates say now is the time for action — in the form of pay equity

LeoPatrizi The Paycheck Protection Program may have been an exercise in frustration for small-business owners, but here’s the silver lining: They might be better equipped to weather the next crisis. The federal government rolled out the so-called PPP in April as coronavirus and the ensuing stay-at-home orders took their toll on small businesses. The forgivable

Colorado residents are dining out in the patio area at Los Chingones restaurant in Denver Source: TAG Restaurant Group Chef Troy Guard is hoping to bring back all of the 623 employees he had to furlough across his restaurant chain when Colorado Gov. Jared Polis ordered all bars, restaurants, theaters, gymnasiums and casinos to close on March

President Donald Trump signed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 into law on June 5. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Small-business owners who borrowed from the Paycheck Protection Program are about to get a break on forgiveness. Last Friday, President Donald Trump signed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act into law.

“Shark Tank” investor Daymond John told CNBC on Friday that “the first step” for CEOs who want to address racial inequality in the U.S. is listening to their own employees.  “Internally, have those tough questions being asked. Find out how your colleague or your staff feels that are of color and have the other individuals

US President Donald Trump shows his signature on the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 as he holds a press conference on the economy, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 5, 2020. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump signed a bill Friday to

Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) speaks at the start of a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on the government’s response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on March 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum | Getty Images Sen. Ron Johnson on Wednesday blocked a Democratic effort to unanimously approve a bill to give small businesses

Fraser Ross, owner of the popular Los Angeles boutique retailer Kitson, has boarded up his three stores. The once-thriving business is one of so many retailers experiencing the fallout from the riots and civil unrest that has ravaged the U.S. in recent days.  On the heels of the coronavirus outbreak and widespread business closures, now many

In 14 days, the Small Business Administration processed 14 years’ worth of loans, in the first round of funding for the Paycheck Protection Program. The second round has been an entirely different story. After a rush to replenish the program with $310 billion in additional funding, the second funding round began April 27. More than a

June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month, and in the past 50 years, it has grown into a massive money-making machine with an estimated 1,500 Pride events globally. It’s become a month when big businesses can show their support for the community and their employees. It’s also an opportunity to win over the support of LGBTQ+ consumers

As people find new ways to connect throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Tencent-owned TikTok — a platform that allows users to create short, 60-second videos — went from being an app on the rise to a stay-at-home staple. In fact, its popularity has exploded — in the month of March alone, 28.8 million unique U.S. users flocked to

Kevin O’Leary told CNBC on Friday the coronavirus crisis has shown that remote working is good for employees and a business’s bottom line.  “Productivity is significantly higher when you give people what they want,” the “Shark Tank” investor said on “Squawk Box.” ”Maybe they’re taking care of an aged parent, maybe they’re raising kids, maybe they don’t want to

Businesses across the country are starting to reopen, but the economy could still face a bumpy road. The economy could take years to rebound as it faces longer-term challenges from the sharpest downturn in history, according to Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi. “The damage to the economy already has been too significant, there’s going

Small caps just had a big week. The Russell 2000 index climbed almost 8% last week as the health-care-heavy group caught a bounce from positive news on the biotech front regarding a possible coronavirus vaccine. The S&P 500 rose just over 3% in the same time frame. And the group’s exposure to the health-care space isn’t

As more businesses reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic, dental practices are considering enhanced measures to clean their facilities and equipment, as well as protect their patients and staff.  One of these tactics involves the use of ultraviolet light to sanitize the air, surfaces and equipment in dental offices. Disinfecting with UV light products is widely