Independent Retailer Month: Why Local Retail Matters

Every July, Independent Retailer Month celebrates the entrepreneurs who help shape the communities where we live, work, and shop. What began as a grassroots effort to encourage consumers to support locally owned businesses has grown into an international movement...

The Rise of the Solopreneur

There is a word that did not exist in most business conversations a decade ago, and today it describes tens of millions of Americans: solopreneur. A solopreneur is not just a freelancer picking up gigs between jobs. It is not someone waiting for a better offer from a...

Women Are Reshaping Small Business: The Numbers Tell the Story

March is Women’s History Month, the data speaks for itself. Women entrepreneurs are not just participating in the American small business economy. They are driving much of its growth. A New Generation of Entrepreneurs  In 1988, President Reagan signed the...