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Your Small Business Questions, Answered
Send us your questions on challenges you face in your business. Journalist Karen E. Klein will interview experts and distill their insights into answers.
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Venture Capital Firms Are Disappearing. Why Do VCs Think Things Are Looking Up?
About 400 firms have stopped investing or gone out of business since 2000, by one count, but VCs are optimistic about the next 18 months -
Policy
Home Is Where the Hope Is for Midsize Companies
Executives at U.S. companies with annual revenue from $10 million to $1 billion are more confident about their local economies than they are of larger economies -
Financing
VCs That Back Women Beat Those That Don't
The least-connected venture capital firms are the most likely to invest in women-led companies -
Policy
Struggling Cities, From Detroit to New Orleans, See Startups as Saviors
Efforts are spreading to lure tech entrepreneurs to places not known for their tech scenes -
Financing
Venture Capital Investing Slows ...
... and exits were also down, according to a new report. On the bright side, venture firms were successful at raising money -
Financing
More Signs Credit Is Loosening for Small Businesses
Risk managers at U.S. banks are optimistic about small business lending in the next six months, according to a new FICO survey -
Financing
What Angel Investing Looks Like Now
A new report shows that angel money continues to move beyond Silicon Valley, convertible debt is growing popular, and valuations are holding steady -
Financing
What Happened to Small Businesses Walloped by Hurricane Sandy?
The SBA announced $19 million in grants for partners to assist businesses with planning, but thousands of owners are waiting on the agency's loans -
Financing
Treasury’s Small Business Lending Fund Faces New Criticism
Community banks that used fund money to pay back government loans didn't do enough for Main Street, a new report says -
Financing
Did Main Street Get Shorted by Treasury's Small Business Lending Fund?
The bailout for community banks didn't come close to translating into the $300 billion in small business loans once projected -
Financing
Crowdfunders Are Quietly Donating and Lending Billions
A new study says platforms such as Kickstarter, Kiva, and Prosper raised $2.7 billion in 2012, nearly twice as much as in 2011 -
Policy
How Hedge Funds Are Slowing JOBS Act Rules for Small Businesses
The SEC could sidestep worries about hedge funds advertising by using small businesses as a test case -
Financing
Crowdfunding's on Hold. So Is Crowdfunding Fraud
Predictions about a robust new source of capital for entrepreneurs and a flood of fraudsters preying on gullible investors haven't materialized -
Investing
IPO Boom Leaves Smaller Companies Behind
The IPO market is roaring, but smaller companies aren’t joining in -
Financing
Why Women Are Less Likely to Land Business Loans
Higher operating expenses and lower revenues than those of male counterparts lead to more rejections, says a Biz2Credit analysis
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Profiles
A Pinterest Investor Describes His Worst Deal Ever
Startup investors like to talk about the deals that make them rich. We ask them about their worst deals -
Financing
Venture Capital Firms Are Disappearing. Why Do VCs Think Things Are Looking Up?
About 400 firms have stopped investing or gone out of business since 2000, by one count, but VCs are optimistic about the next 18 months -
Financing
Race Matters in Funding Small Businesses
New research shows the playing field for entrepreneurs seeking funding is tilted depending on the color of their skin -
Advice
Time to Sell? Setting a Price for Your Cash Business
To determine the value of a services business, calculate the "seller’s discretionary earnings"—the total financial benefit the owner derives from it each year -
Financing
VCs That Back Women Beat Those That Don't
The least-connected venture capital firms are the most likely to invest in women-led companies -
Policy
Home Is Where the Hope Is for Midsize Companies
Executives at U.S. companies with annual revenue from $10 million to $1 billion are more confident about their local economies than they are of larger economies -
Policy
Struggling Cities, From Detroit to New Orleans, See Startups as Saviors
Efforts are spreading to lure tech entrepreneurs to places not known for their tech scenes -
Financing
Crowdfunding's on Hold. So Is Crowdfunding Fraud
Predictions about a robust new source of capital for entrepreneurs and a flood of fraudsters preying on gullible investors haven't materialized -
Financing
What Angel Investing Looks Like Now
A new report shows that angel money continues to move beyond Silicon Valley, convertible debt is growing popular, and valuations are holding steady -
Policy
How Hedge Funds Are Slowing JOBS Act Rules for Small Businesses
The SEC could sidestep worries about hedge funds advertising by using small businesses as a test case -
Financing
More Signs Credit Is Loosening for Small Businesses
Risk managers at U.S. banks are optimistic about small business lending in the next six months, according to a new FICO survey -
Financing
Venture Capital Investing Slows ...
... and exits were also down, according to a new report. On the bright side, venture firms were successful at raising money -
Taxes
California Seeks $120 Million in Back Taxes from Small Businesses
The Golden State is trying to collect back taxes from entrepreneurs and shareholders who had recently used a 20-year-old tax break that was invalidated in 2012 -
Financing
Did Insurers Pay Enough to Small Businesses Post-Sandy?
Businesses will collect more than $9 billion by one estimate. Small ventures likely settled more quickly and for less than their larger counterparts -
Policy
Women Who Run Tech Startups Are Catching Up
Female tech entrepreneurs have traditionally lagged behind their male counterparts. They're gaining ground, according to new research presented at a recent Women 2.0 conference
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VCs That Back Women Beat Those That Don't
The least-connected venture capital firms are the most likely to invest in women-led companies -
Policy
Struggling Cities, From Detroit to New Orleans, See Startups as Saviors
Efforts are spreading to lure tech entrepreneurs to places not known for their tech scenes -
Financing
More Signs Credit Is Loosening for Small Businesses
Risk managers at U.S. banks are optimistic about small business lending in the next six months, according to a new FICO survey -
Financing
Venture Capital Firms Are Disappearing. Why Do VCs Think Things Are Looking Up?
About 400 firms have stopped investing or gone out of business since 2000, by one count, but VCs are optimistic about the next 18 months -
Financing
Race Matters in Funding Small Businesses
New research shows the playing field for entrepreneurs seeking funding is tilted depending on the color of their skin -
Financing
What Angel Investing Looks Like Now
A new report shows that angel money continues to move beyond Silicon Valley, convertible debt is growing popular, and valuations are holding steady -
Advice
Time to Sell? Setting a Price for Your Cash Business
To determine the value of a services business, calculate the "seller’s discretionary earnings"—the total financial benefit the owner derives from it each year -
Profiles
A Pinterest Investor Describes His Worst Deal Ever
Startup investors like to talk about the deals that make them rich. We ask them about their worst deals -
Financing
Venture Capital Investing Slows ...
... and exits were also down, according to a new report. On the bright side, venture firms were successful at raising money -
Policy
Home Is Where the Hope Is for Midsize Companies
Executives at U.S. companies with annual revenue from $10 million to $1 billion are more confident about their local economies than they are of larger economies -
Financing
'Halal' Financing for Muslim Entrepreneurs Gains Currency
With the U.S. population of Muslims expected to more than double by 2030, banks are offering business funding that complies with Islamic law -
Financing
Treasury’s Small Business Lending Fund Faces New Criticism
Community banks that used fund money to pay back government loans didn't do enough for Main Street, a new report says -
Policy
Women Who Run Tech Startups Are Catching Up
Female tech entrepreneurs have traditionally lagged behind their male counterparts. They're gaining ground, according to new research presented at a recent Women 2.0 conference -
Financing
Food Trucks Are Stale. Line Up for Food Scooters
Serial entrepreneur Howard Leonhardt wants to finance cheap mobile eateries for first-time business owners -
Financing
Crowdfunders Are Quietly Donating and Lending Billions
A new study says platforms such as Kickstarter, Kiva, and Prosper raised $2.7 billion in 2012, nearly twice as much as in 2011
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Financing
VCs That Back Women Beat Those That Don't
The least-connected venture capital firms are the most likely to invest in women-led companies -
Financing
More Signs Credit Is Loosening for Small Businesses
Risk managers at U.S. banks are optimistic about small business lending in the next six months, according to a new FICO survey -
Policy
Struggling Cities, From Detroit to New Orleans, See Startups as Saviors
Efforts are spreading to lure tech entrepreneurs to places not known for their tech scenes -
Profiles
A Pinterest Investor Describes His Worst Deal Ever
Startup investors like to talk about the deals that make them rich. We ask them about their worst deals -
Financing
Venture Capital Firms Are Disappearing. Why Do VCs Think Things Are Looking Up?
About 400 firms have stopped investing or gone out of business since 2000, by one count, but VCs are optimistic about the next 18 months -
Financing
Race Matters in Funding Small Businesses
New research shows the playing field for entrepreneurs seeking funding is tilted depending on the color of their skin -
Financing
Venture Capital Investing Slows ...
... and exits were also down, according to a new report. On the bright side, venture firms were successful at raising money -
Financing
'Halal' Financing for Muslim Entrepreneurs Gains Currency
With the U.S. population of Muslims expected to more than double by 2030, banks are offering business funding that complies with Islamic law -
Financing
Crowdfunding's on Hold. So Is Crowdfunding Fraud
Predictions about a robust new source of capital for entrepreneurs and a flood of fraudsters preying on gullible investors haven't materialized -
Advice
Time to Sell? Setting a Price for Your Cash Business
To determine the value of a services business, calculate the "seller’s discretionary earnings"—the total financial benefit the owner derives from it each year -
Policy
Home Is Where the Hope Is for Midsize Companies
Executives at U.S. companies with annual revenue from $10 million to $1 billion are more confident about their local economies than they are of larger economies -
Financing
Crowdfunding Is About to Get More Crowded
Industry pioneers that registered as broker-dealers, such as Microventures, brace for a new wave of competition
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