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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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In the SEC's JOBS Act Lawsuit, a Message to Critics
In latest fraud lawsuit, SEC shows it's not in love with the JOBS Act -
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
With Boston Locked Down, Small Business Steps Up
With Boston on lockdown during the manhunt for a suspect in the Marathon bombings, meet a few entrepreneurs who stayed open for business -
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 -
Policy
Surprise: Everyone Applauds Small Business Tax Reform
The hard part is figuring out how to pay for the tax breaks—and how to keep small business from getting lost in a larger tax bill -
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 -
Policy
Canada Launches a Startup Visa to Lure Entrepreneurs
Go north, young techie. Canada wants your startup -
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 Much Risk Is Too Much for Small Businesses?
States consider limits on how small employers use self-funded health plans to save on insurance costs and skirt some requirements of Obamacare -
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 -
Policy
Small Employers Struggle to Get a Grip on Obamacare
Many still don't understand how the law affects them -
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
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Policy
With Guns Banned on Big Marketplaces, a New Site Steps Up
Weapons prohibitions on Amazon, EBay, and Google Shopping are creating room for specialized marketplaces such as FreeGunShow.com to connect buyers and sellers -
Policy
Overlooked in the Online Sales Tax Bill: Free Tax Software
Tax collection is too complex for retailers, say opponents of a proposed law scheduled for its final vote in the Senate in May. Free software is intended to make it easier -
Smart Answers
Advice for Small Employers Confused by Obamacare
What size businesses are affected? Does it pay to drop coverage? Industry experts weigh in on a handful of common questions about the law's forthcoming requirements -
Policy
A California Startup Pushes Florida to Legalize Wine in Kegs
Wine keg distributor Free Flow Wines wants to make Florida change an obscure law so that the company can tap a larger market -
Policy
Higher Minimum Wage? Small Business Doesn't Mind
Surprisingly, many small businesses support a minimum wage hike -
Policy
In the SEC's JOBS Act Lawsuit, a Message to Critics
In latest fraud lawsuit, SEC shows it's not in love with the JOBS Act -
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 -
Policy
What Obamacare Means for Small Employers in 2013
One of every four business owners are uninsured, studies say, and small employers are more likely to terminate coverage -
Policy
Canada Launches a Startup Visa to Lure Entrepreneurs
Go north, young techie. Canada wants your startup -
Policy
For Small Theaters, the Digital Future Is Dark
Independent movie houses scramble to pay for expensive new gear -
Policy
Canada's New Startup Visa Woos 'Brilliant Young People'
To boost job creation, the program grants immediate permanent residency to foreign entrepreneurs who get Canadian venture capitalists or angels to back them -
Policy
Explaining Obamacare's Baffling Tax Breaks for Small Business
Small employers have been slow to take the law's tax credit for offering health coverage. Accountants blame complicated rules -
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
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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 -
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 -
Policy
A California Startup Pushes Florida to Legalize Wine in Kegs
Wine keg distributor Free Flow Wines wants to make Florida change an obscure law so that the company can tap a larger market -
Policy
In the SEC's JOBS Act Lawsuit, a Message to Critics
In latest fraud lawsuit, SEC shows it's not in love with the JOBS Act -
Policy
Small Employers Are Clueless About Obamacare
A majority of business owners don't grasp the basics of the law, a new survey suggests -
Policy
Canada Launches a Startup Visa to Lure Entrepreneurs
Go north, young techie. Canada wants your startup -
Policy
Stop Pushing Universities to License More Inventions
Policymakers are throwing around incentives to encourage more commercialization. A better approach: Focus on improving quality -
Smart Answers
Advice for Small Employers Confused by Obamacare
What size businesses are affected? Does it pay to drop coverage? Industry experts weigh in on a handful of common questions about the law's forthcoming requirements -
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
With Boston Locked Down, Small Business Steps Up
With Boston on lockdown during the manhunt for a suspect in the Marathon bombings, meet a few entrepreneurs who stayed open for business -
Policy
Obamacare's Small Business Exchanges Get Watered Down
In many states, plans to let small employers offer workers a menu of health plans have been put on hold for a year -
Policy
Overlooked in the Online Sales Tax Bill: Free Tax Software
Tax collection is too complex for retailers, say opponents of a proposed law scheduled for its final vote in the Senate in May. Free software is intended to make it easier -
Policy
With Guns Banned on Big Marketplaces, a New Site Steps Up
Weapons prohibitions on Amazon, EBay, and Google Shopping are creating room for specialized marketplaces such as FreeGunShow.com to connect buyers and sellers -
Policy
Canada's New Startup Visa Woos 'Brilliant Young People'
To boost job creation, the program grants immediate permanent residency to foreign entrepreneurs who get Canadian venture capitalists or angels to back them -
Advice
How to Lower Your Company's Property Taxes
To convince officials to reduce a company's tax burden, build a case backed with data and get peers and politicians to support it
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Policy
With Guns Banned on Big Marketplaces, a New Site Steps Up
Weapons prohibitions on Amazon, EBay, and Google Shopping are creating room for specialized marketplaces such as FreeGunShow.com to connect buyers and sellers -
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
Overlooked in the Online Sales Tax Bill: Free Tax Software
Tax collection is too complex for retailers, say opponents of a proposed law scheduled for its final vote in the Senate in May. Free software is intended to make it easier -
Policy
In the SEC's JOBS Act Lawsuit, a Message to Critics
In latest fraud lawsuit, SEC shows it's not in love with the JOBS Act -
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 -
Policy
With Boston Locked Down, Small Business Steps Up
With Boston on lockdown during the manhunt for a suspect in the Marathon bombings, meet a few entrepreneurs who stayed open for business -
Policy
Small Employers Are Clueless About Obamacare
A majority of business owners don't grasp the basics of the law, a new survey suggests -
Smart Answers
Advice for Small Employers Confused by Obamacare
What size businesses are affected? Does it pay to drop coverage? Industry experts weigh in on a handful of common questions about the law's forthcoming requirements -
Policy
The Economy's Improving? Tell Small Business
A post-election poll shows the greatest drop in business owners' outlook since the financial crisis began -
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 -
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 -
Benefits
For Obamacare to Work, Small Employers Must Embrace Exchanges
High costs keep many small businesses from offering workers health coverage. Exchanges being set up this year could cut prices—if enough people participate -
Policy
Canada Launches a Startup Visa to Lure Entrepreneurs
Go north, young techie. Canada wants your startup -
Advice
How to Lower Your Company's Property Taxes
To convince officials to reduce a company's tax burden, build a case backed with data and get peers and politicians to support it -
Policy
A California Startup Pushes Florida to Legalize Wine in Kegs
Wine keg distributor Free Flow Wines wants to make Florida change an obscure law so that the company can tap a larger market
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