Tag: Business Owner
Fed rate hike pushes business loans over 10% for first time since 2007
With the Federal Reserve's latest rate hike adding half a percentage point to the cost of debt capital and reaching its highest level in 15 years, the [...]
Layoffs mount, and Main Street still can’t get anyone to take jobs
A "Now hiring" sign is displayed on the window of an IN-N-OUT fast food restaurant in Encinitas, California, May 9, 2022.Mike Blake | ReutersWhen it c [...]
How the pay transparency movement’s success will change job listings
A growing number of states and municipalities are enacting salary transparency laws, a stepping stone toward eliminating wage discrepancies based on g [...]
How much small business owners should pay themselves
Many small business owners have trouble figuring out an appropriate take-home pay as the company expands, and some don’t pay themselves at all. These [...]
Why Meta and Mark Zuckerberg are betting big on Whatsapp for business
Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen on smartpone in front of displayed logo of Facebook, Messenger, Intagram, Whatsapp and Oculus in this illustr [...]
The Walmart, Target inventory misses include a message for Main Street
Filip Radwanski | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesThe retail battle narrative over the past few decades has cited one of two wars: Amazon and e-commerce aga [...]
Main Street confidence hits all-time low on worsening sales outlook
Fg Trade | E+ | Getty ImagesSmall business confidence has hit an all-time low as the majority of Main Street expects runaway inflation and a Federal R [...]
The 8 best options to get small business funding
For many small businesses, access to funding can be a matter of life and death. The stakes are especially high given that 18.4% of U.S. businesses fai [...]
What Main Street and the economy need from Congress: Goldman Sachs CEO
Pawel Toczynski | The Image Bank | Getty ImagesThe U.S. economy is going through one of the most difficult periods I've seen in my 40-year career. Inf [...]
Most business owners don’t do the math on their most valuable asset
Many small company owners don't know what their enterprise is worth, a practice that can amount to risky business.A whopping 98% of small businesses p [...]
Behind on retirement saving? A bad market can be a good time to invest
Small business owners are among the Americans most likely to fall behind on saving for retirement. Investing back into a business is more often a prio [...]
America’s small businesses aren’t ready for a cyberattack
Some of the highest profile cyberattacks on the U.S. in recent years are alleged to have originated in Russia, including the 2021 attack on the Coloni [...]
Stacey Abrams on why companies shouldn’t always speak out on politics
Companies are under intense pressure to speak out on a variety of political issues at local, state and national levels. Whether it is police action in [...]
Why ‘free’ shipping isn’t free
The big carriers such as FedEx, UPS and Amazon make lots of deliveries, and none of those packages are being shipped for "free.""People like free ship [...]
With Russian sanctions, small companies may be in for a big surprise
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on developments in Ukraine and Russia, and announces sanctions against Russia, from the East Room of the White House F [...]