Special Report

Focus On Entrepreneurs, September 2011

• Banks to Small Business: Online Theft? Tough Luck

  Banks are holding companies responsible when their accounts are raided by cybercrooks

• The 48-Hour Startup

  Garage48, a series of weekend workshops for entrepreneurs, helps ambitious techies launch a venture by Sunday night

• Small Business Is Smaller Than We Thought

  A new Treasury Dept. analysis suggests Main Street's tax burden is about half the size previously estimated

• How Kabbage Crowdsources Credit Scores

  The Atlanta startup advances cash to EBay sellers based on their user feedback—and soon, their performance in online games

• Payroll Tax Holiday May Give Big Companies a Bonus

  A White House proposal intended to spur small business hiring would likely hand millions to large employers

• Why Handouts to Big Boxes Hurt Local Shops

  When governments use public money to woo national chains, it does little for economic growth and hurts independent retailers