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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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New York Fed Poll Shows Little Help for Credit-Strapped Businesses
Smaller amounts for working capital were in greater demand and harder to get -
Financing
Another Uptick in Small Business Loans From Large Lenders
The biggest U.S. banks are saying yes to small business at the highest rates in more than two years -
Technology
A Business Accelerator to Rethink 'How We Pay for Health Care'
Startups finishing a year-old program are taking aim at health care's hardest tech problems -
Financing
A New Way to Get Small Business Loans From Neighbors
A former WilmerHale lawyer says his startup, Funding Community, exploits a loophole that allows investors to fund short-term business loans -
Financing
As Online Sales Tax Passes Senate, What's the Word on Main Street?
E-tailers will have to grapple with new tax-compliance rules if the bill becomes law. Many online and offline businesses consider it worth the trouble -
Financing
A Microlender Backs Startups to Bring More Than Loans to the Poor
While microloans have been around for decades, further financial tools for the world's poor, such as insurance and savings accounts—remain rare -
Advice
Businesses Hurt by the Marathon Bombing Can Tap Federal Disaster Loans
The SBA has opened its low-interest disaster loan program before, after 9/11 and the Oklahoma City bombing -
Retailing
Patagonia's Latest Product: A Venture Fund
The retailer mixes commerce and ideology. Its investments will, too -
Financing
Where to Find Funding for Your New Business
Many use personal savings, loans from friends and family, and credit-card debt. Different types of crowdfunding are also becoming popular -
Financing
Does Google Want to Be a Small Business Lender?
This week, the search giant invested millions in two alternative lenders -
Financing
How to Get Into Y Combinator: Look Like Mark Zuckerberg
Paul Graham reveals his hidden bias in favor of the Facebook founder's doppelgangers -
Policy
What Do a Chemical Engineer and a Pizza Maker Have in Common?
A new report says government policies around the world often undermine entrepreneurs with potential to create high-growth ventures -
Financing
One Bright Spot for VCs? Impact Investing
SJF Ventures's third fund is oversubscribed at a time when many VCs are having trouble raising money -
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 -
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
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Financing
Pitching a Startup While Pregnant
"Either you just had a big meal or you're pregnant." Tech entrepreneurs who pitched to outside investors while expecting recount their experiences -
Financing
A New Way to Get Small Business Loans From Neighbors
A former WilmerHale lawyer says his startup, Funding Community, exploits a loophole that allows investors to fund short-term business loans -
Financing
Kabbage Expands Its Cash Advances to Brick-and-Mortars
As banks lag in small business lending, alternative financing providers are hoping to eat their lunch -
Financing
The Next Bitcoin Bubble? VCs Back Digital Currency Startups
Bitcoin crashed last month. That hasn't stopped venture capital firms from investing in Bitcoin companies -
Expanding Overseas
New Legislation Neglects Small Exporters’ Biggest Need
Three bills would streamline programs that help small businesses sell abroad. A study finds that credit is what small exporters really need -
Financing
Another Uptick in Small Business Loans From Large Lenders
The biggest U.S. banks are saying yes to small business at the highest rates in more than two years -
Financing
Does Google Want to Be a Small Business Lender?
This week, the search giant invested millions in two alternative lenders -
Financing
A Microlender Backs Startups to Bring More Than Loans to the Poor
While microloans have been around for decades, further financial tools for the world's poor, such as insurance and savings accounts—remain rare -
Financing
Where to Find Funding for Your New Business
Many use personal savings, loans from friends and family, and credit-card debt. Different types of crowdfunding are also becoming popular -
Financing
New York Fed Poll Shows Little Help for Credit-Strapped Businesses
Smaller amounts for working capital were in greater demand and harder to get -
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
As Online Sales Tax Passes Senate, What's the Word on Main Street?
E-tailers will have to grapple with new tax-compliance rules if the bill becomes law. Many online and offline businesses consider it worth the trouble -
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 -
Technology
A Business Accelerator to Rethink 'How We Pay for Health Care'
Startups finishing a year-old program are taking aim at health care's hardest tech problems -
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
Shared
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Financing
A New Way to Get Small Business Loans From Neighbors
A former WilmerHale lawyer says his startup, Funding Community, exploits a loophole that allows investors to fund short-term business loans -
Financing
Where to Find Funding for Your New Business
Many use personal savings, loans from friends and family, and credit-card debt. Different types of crowdfunding are also becoming popular -
Financing
Does Google Want to Be a Small Business Lender?
This week, the search giant invested millions in two alternative lenders -
Financing
Pitching a Startup While Pregnant
"Either you just had a big meal or you're pregnant." Tech entrepreneurs who pitched to outside investors while expecting recount their experiences -
Financing
A Microlender Backs Startups to Bring More Than Loans to the Poor
While microloans have been around for decades, further financial tools for the world's poor, such as insurance and savings accounts—remain rare -
Financing
As Online Sales Tax Passes Senate, What's the Word on Main Street?
E-tailers will have to grapple with new tax-compliance rules if the bill becomes law. Many online and offline businesses consider it worth the trouble -
Financing
How to Get Into Y Combinator: Look Like Mark Zuckerberg
Paul Graham reveals his hidden bias in favor of the Facebook founder's doppelgangers -
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 -
Technology
A Business Accelerator to Rethink 'How We Pay for Health Care'
Startups finishing a year-old program are taking aim at health care's hardest tech problems -
Financing
One Bright Spot for VCs? Impact Investing
SJF Ventures's third fund is oversubscribed at a time when many VCs are having trouble raising money -
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
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
Another Uptick in Small Business Loans From Large Lenders
The biggest U.S. banks are saying yes to small business at the highest rates in more than two years -
Advice
Businesses Hurt by the Marathon Bombing Can Tap Federal Disaster Loans
The SBA has opened its low-interest disaster loan program before, after 9/11 and the Oklahoma City bombing -
Policy
What Do a Chemical Engineer and a Pizza Maker Have in Common?
A new report says government policies around the world often undermine entrepreneurs with potential to create high-growth ventures
Discussed
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Financing
A New Way to Get Small Business Loans From Neighbors
A former WilmerHale lawyer says his startup, Funding Community, exploits a loophole that allows investors to fund short-term business loans -
Financing
As Online Sales Tax Passes Senate, What's the Word on Main Street?
E-tailers will have to grapple with new tax-compliance rules if the bill becomes law. Many online and offline businesses consider it worth the trouble -
Technology
A Business Accelerator to Rethink 'How We Pay for Health Care'
Startups finishing a year-old program are taking aim at health care's hardest tech problems -
Financing
How to Get Into Y Combinator: Look Like Mark Zuckerberg
Paul Graham reveals his hidden bias in favor of the Facebook founder's doppelgangers -
Financing
Does Google Want to Be a Small Business Lender?
This week, the search giant invested millions in two alternative lenders -
Advice
Businesses Hurt by the Marathon Bombing Can Tap Federal Disaster Loans
The SBA has opened its low-interest disaster loan program before, after 9/11 and the Oklahoma City bombing -
Financing
Kabbage Expands Its Cash Advances to Brick-and-Mortars
As banks lag in small business lending, alternative financing providers are hoping to eat their lunch -
Financing
A Microlender Backs Startups to Bring More Than Loans to the Poor
While microloans have been around for decades, further financial tools for the world's poor, such as insurance and savings accounts—remain rare -
Expanding Overseas
New Legislation Neglects Small Exporters’ Biggest Need
Three bills would streamline programs that help small businesses sell abroad. A study finds that credit is what small exporters really need -
Financing
Pitching a Startup While Pregnant
"Either you just had a big meal or you're pregnant." Tech entrepreneurs who pitched to outside investors while expecting recount their experiences -
Financing
New York Fed Poll Shows Little Help for Credit-Strapped Businesses
Smaller amounts for working capital were in greater demand and harder to get -
Policy
Behind Women’s Shrinking Share of Federal Contracts
Government contract awards to women-owned firms are dropping faster than contracts to businesses owned by men -
Financing
Where to Find Funding for Your New Business
Many use personal savings, loans from friends and family, and credit-card debt. Different types of crowdfunding are also becoming popular -
Profiles
P&G Taps Crowdfunding Site to Scout for Startup Brands
Crowdfunding website CircleUp aims to connect small and startup consumer products businesses with global corporations -
Financing
Small Business Bankers Out at Citi, In at BofA
Citigroup is firing some of its small business bankers. Bank of America is hiring 1,000
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