Business Owner

The big carriers such as FedEx, UPS and Amazon make lots of deliveries, and none of those packages are being shipped for “free.”

Small business owners may assume they have no risk of doing business with sanctioned Russian clients. In a digital economy and start-up boom, that’s a mistake.

Black-owned small businesses are growing, and can tap SBA loans, but access to capital from banks is a hurdle and securing banking relationships is critical.

A survey by Junior Achievement USA found that 60% of teenagers are considering entrepreneurship over regular jobs for their future careers.

At 22, Lauren Simmons became the youngest female trader on Wall Street and earned $12,000. Now 27 and her own boss, she’s on track to earn $1 million this year.

“Do not do this on your own,” said Adam Markowitz, an enrolled agent and vice president at Howard L Markowitz PA, CPA in Leesburg, Florida.

Taking out loans as a small business isn’t easy, but supply chain, inflation and wage issues are making more on Main Street look to debt as Covid relief ends.

Some Covid tax relief has expired for the 2021 income tax filing season, but not all, and Main Street has been spared Build Back Better tax proposals.

For many Black women, the current spiritual boom is not only a way to connect to one’s higher self, but also a means of making money.

Small businesses that survived the first year of the pandemic soon found a new challenge with rising inflation.

Sisters and QuickHire creators Deborah Gladney and Angela Muhwezi-Hall are part of a small but growing club of million-dollar Black female founders.

After their Paycheck Protection Program loan applications were rejected, some small business owners got creative to stay afloat during the Covid pandemic.

The home office deduction is a nice tax break, but it’s only available to the self-employed.