Jul 22, 2026 | Featured, Unions
San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan recently introduced two proposals aiming to protect small business owners against skyrocketing costs. One of the proposals, Small Business Tenant Unions, would allow businesses to unionize and negotiate leases and other costs...
Jul 22, 2026 | Business, Featured
These business ideas require minimal startup capital but offer plenty of room to grow. Launching a business doesn’t have to mean taking out a big loan, raising lots of capital, or maxing out your credit card. There are plenty of small-business ideas that you can...
Jul 15, 2026 | Leadership
When banks were failing and bread lines forming during the Great Depression, cosmetic sales rose 25%. In 2008, as the global economy collapsed, Lego posted record profits. In 2020, as the pandemic shuttered industries, the pet sector grew 16%. These industries...
Jul 15, 2026 | Featured, Hiring
Great employees leave. Your secrets shouldn’t. On July 10, Apple sued OpenAI in federal court, accusing it of stealing trade secrets through a hiring pattern the complaint claims to see operating “at every level” of the company. More than 400 former Apple employees...
Jul 15, 2026 | Cyber Security, Featured
Many cyberattacks begin with a stolen, guessed, or reused password. When employees manage dozens of accounts, from Google Workspace to banking, accounting, and social media, it becomes tempting to reuse passwords or save them in unsafe places. But password reuse...
Jul 15, 2026 | Featured, SMB, Tariffs
Not long after announcing the sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs in April 2025, President Donald Trump claimed the taxes on imports would be good news for American small businesses. “I’m proud to be the president for the workers, not the...
Jul 15, 2026 | Featured, US Economy
U.S. small-business sentiment increased in June, but the share of owners reporting that inflation was their “single most important” problem was the highest in nearly two years, and more said they had raised average selling prices. The National Federation...
Jul 8, 2026 | Featured, Leadership
Organizations today increasingly recognize that employees do their best work when they’re trusted to take initiative, solve problems and exercise judgment on their own. Yet many leaders struggle to find the balance between giving employees the freedom to make...
Jul 8, 2026 | Cyber Security, Featured
Small businesses face real, escalating cyber threats from foreign nation-states, but building a robust defense does not require an enterprise-level budget. Adversaries frequently view smaller companies as “soft targets” or entry points to larger corporate...
