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It takes a strong mental foundation to allow others to see your unfinished entrepreneurial story. Many business owners limit what they share publicly in order to craft what they think is a perfect image.
At a weekly event called “Fashion Speak Fridays,” Small Business Trends spoke with Alissa Chap Read More

More than a third of small business owners do not have confidence in any of this year’s presidential hopefuls, according to a new OnDeck survey.
With the field of candidates ebbing away on all sides of the political spectrum, 34 percent of small business owners now say they are unhappy with all of Read More

As CEOs, we’ve all been there, right? One day, your employees are performing at their peak, and then the next, they become lazy employees and won’t lift a finger. You don’t want to bring down the hammer, because that might decrease productivity and encourage rebellion. Read More

Spending at small businesses is much higher in some metropolitan areas than others, according to data from the newly formed J.P. Morgan Chase Institute, a think tank created to provide insight on the economy using the bank’s proprietary information. The relative balance between central cities and s Read More

Great innovations don’t always come from big business. A new zero-emission solar-powered streetlight called the “Monopole,” which turns sunlight into streetlight, eliminating electricity costs and feeding energy back into the grid, has been launched by Scotia, a small firm founded in 2009, in Copen Read More

If you’re an entrepreneur and a service-disabled veteran, your business may be able to benefit by registering it as service-disabled veteran-owned.
By doing so, you can open up your business to opportunities with government contracts that are specifically earmarked for veteran-owned businesses. An Read More

GoDaddy announced in an SEC filing that Elissa Murphy (pictured), its chief technology officer and executive vice president in charge of the GoDaddy cloud platform has resigned. Her resignation is effective May 17, 2016. Resignations of senior officers such as Murphy have to be disclosed with the Read More

The multi-national online transportation network company Uber has set a goal to help military vets and spouses generate half a billion in income by 2020 by creating UberMILITARY.
Back in September 2014, Uber announced an ambitious plan of bringing on board 50,000 members of the military community Read More

Today, I am starting a new column here at Small Business Trends. In addition to my regular weekly articles that focus on data-driven discussions of entrepreneurship, I am going to cover my experience as an angel investor in two new monthly columns. Below, we will focus on the top three things that Read More

Sushi continues to be a growing trend in the U.S. and in other countries around the world. And you don’t have to be a Sushi master in order to be a part of this culinary trend — if you can find the right franchise opportunity. Here are 12 options for sushi franchises you can start. Read More