Small Business

Gail Warrior Gail Warrior Gail Warrior, who created one of the largest woman- and minority-owned construction companies in the U.S., remembers her first experience applying for a business loan back in 2000. She was chief executive of Dallas-based Warrior Group, a modular construction company that had just won a government contract to build a barracks

Maskot Bildbyrå | Getty Images Suddenly your side hustle is more than just pocket change. You could be looking at a new phase of your business, says Kurt Wiegert, a certified financial planner and president of Towson Wealth Management in Towson, Maryland. The trees are everywhere, yet sometimes you can’t see the big-picture forest. For

Here’s a question every entrepreneur ought to consider: What would happen to your business if one or more of your key employees died suddenly or could no longer work because of a disability? For many fledgling businesses, the loss of a key employee — whether a founder or top sales rep — can be fatal.

Marc Romanelli | Getty Images Small business sentiment is on the rise to kick off 2020, with confidence nearing all-time highs, according to data from CNBC and SurveyMonkey. The CNBC/SurveyMonkey Small Business Confidence Index climbed two points in the first quarter, from 59 to 61, as concerns over trade policy impacts lessened, thanks to a trade

Sixty-four percent of small business owners approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president, the highest approval rating for Trump among entrepreneurs since CNBC and SurveyMonkey began conducting a quarterly survey in 2017. The spike in approval among small business owners follows a pivotal period for Trump. This CNBC|SurveyMonkey Small Business

A rally for a $15 minimum hourly wage in New York City in 2015. The city raised its minimum wage to $15 in 2018, while New York State raised its minimum wage to $11.80 in December 2019, and that will increase statewide at the end of 2020 to $12.50. Getty Images Looking for another sign

Anne Harper, CEO of OMG Accessories, says many of the products she sells are made outside of Wuhan, where the coronavirus has been heavily concentrated. CNBC As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths around the world continues to rise, small business owners that import from China are on edge. Kyle Kirshner has been

Jeremy Tooker, owner of Four Barrel Café in San Francisco. Photo: Eric Wolfinger In starting a small business, many entrepreneurs feel the need to do it all. They perform or monitor all aspects of their business, including product development, operations, sales, marketing and customer service. Early on, they may have even acted as their own

A stretch of stores along the base of Munjoy Hill had open signs out and were ready for business as part of small business Saturday, November 28, 2015. Gabe Souza | Portland Press Herald | Getty Images When Miguel Sanchez, 29, started driving for Uber in 2012 after dropping out of Glendale Community College in

Jhanilka and Anthony Hartzog say they could have saved an extra $5,000 or $6,000 if they’d hired an accountant in their first year. Source: Jhanilka and Anthony Hartzog If only you could go back in time, but with today’s 20/20 vision. Starting a business is a little like that. You’re fired up with enthusiasm for

Medical staff check a patient’s condition at a temporary hospital converted from “Wuhan Livingroom” in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, Feb. 10, 2020. Xiong Qi | Xinhua | Getty Images Small businesses in New York’s Chinatown are losing customers over “unfounded” coronavirus fears, the city’s small business chief told CNBC on Thursday. “Business owners are

As taxpayers roll into the second tax-filing season under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, one question remains: “Will I come out ahead in 2019?” The IRS began accepting 2019 tax returns on Jan. 27 and anticipates it will receive more than 150 million individual returns this year. Thus far, the agency has delivered 4.3

kate_sept2004 Tax season has just started, but you can still find opportunities to cut your 2019 taxes if you know where to look. The IRS started accepting tax returns on Jan.27, kicking off the long march to April 15 — the deadline for taxpayers to pay last year’s liabilities. Even if you’re able to get

Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, a democratic presidential candidate, attends the U.S Conference of Mayors 88th Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C, January 22, 2020. Yasin Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Democratic presidential candidates are taking aim at a new tax break for small businesses. Billionaire Michael Bloomberg last week pitched a

McDonald’s worker prepares french fries to go. Getty Images America’s franchisees are poised for another year of growth in 2020 as the U.S. economy chugs along, bolstered by a strong consumer. But facing an election year and a historically tight jobs market, franchise establishment growth is slowing to its lowest rate in the past four

CreativeDJ You start your business with a boatload of enthusiasm. What you may not have is a wealth of accounting or financial knowledge — the ins and outs of tax law, cash flow management and insurance. Just over 400,000 startups opened their doors in 2015, according to the Small Business Association. The good news: That’s

Starting your own business is one of the most difficult career paths to navigate, and even the most successful entrepreneur makes mistakes. But to really succeed, you need to take risks and understand you will not be successful right from the get-go. It takes a long time to grow a business — and even longer

David Solomon, Goldman Sachs, at Marcus event Goldman Sachs is in talks to offer small business loans to merchants on Amazon‘s sprawling e-commerce platform, according to a person with knowledge of the plan. The bank has been working on software that would allow it to plug into Amazon’s existing loan platform, said the person, who

If you dream of working for yourself one day, entrepreneurship may be the right path for you. But running a business is not as easy as a walk in the park. Take this quiz, created by The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, to test your entrepreneurial knowledge so you can find out if you are on

Small business owner Stephanie Vitori has gone from burger delivery girl to owning one of South Beaches most buzzed about burger joints. Vitori is the owner of Cheeseburger Baby, a frequent hot spot for celebrity clients that include Beyonce, Kanye West, Diddy and Gabrielle Union. “We have a large celebrity clientele. Once the word got