4 Things You Must Include in Any Business Plan
If you’re considering starting a business, one of the first things you’ll need to do is develop a business plan. However, business plans come in various flavors. There’s the plan you develop to prove...
View Article3 Top Ranked Free Online Courses on Starting and Growing a Small Business | 2017
Two of my favorite words are “free” and “learn.” For that reason, at SmallBusiness.com, we are always looking for the best possible ways to learn how to do something new or better without having the...
View ArticleU.S. Resources for Women Business Owners
The vast majority of information and resources for starting and operating a business is helpful for any type of potential or existing small business owner, regardless of how we’re different. Yet, as...
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How Small Businesses Are Succeeding in Very Small Towns
“What types of business can succeed in a community with a population less than 100?” That’s a question Becky McCray is asked often. The expert in rural and small town business creation and growth (and...
View ArticleHalf of U.S. Millennials Want to Start a Business During the Next Three Years
According to a survey released today (May 31, 2017), American Millennials (those born between the years 1977 and 1995) have a strong inclination to start and own a business. More than any other age...
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What Percentage of New Businesses Survive? (By State, Industry, Time)
In response to our Top 20 most frequently asked questions about Small Business article, we often are asked where researchers can dig deeper into certain answers we provide. (The answers have links to...
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Two-Thirds of Americans Dream of Opening a Small Business | 2018
Two-thirds of Americans dream of opening a small business, according to a recent study by Atomik Research commissioned by the UPS Store. And among individuals ages 37-57 (Generation Xers) 75% of those...
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Small Business Tools: Start-up Calculator
This free and clever online start-up calculator from CardConnect enables a user to estimate the costs of starting a new business. Note: There are aways plenty of “gotcha” costs that you’ll likely...
View ArticleLinks to Trademark Information in All 50 States | 2019
(Updated: February 24, 2019) As we have shared before, the laws and regulations related to trademarks, patents and copyrights can be confusing. For example, recently a SmallBusiness.com user asked us...
View ArticleFounders of Successful Startups Are Mostly Middle-Aged
A recent article in the New York Times explores why successful tech companies are mostly founded by middle-aged entrepreneurs based on a study being published in the journal American Economic Review:...
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