Main Street’s minority owners need loans to grow, but access to capital remains inequitable
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.
How this mechanic found a niche fixing Teslas and EVs
Carl Medlock used to work at Tesla, now he runs his own repair shop in Seattle fixing electric vehicles.
The congressional spending bill battle had a not-so-great message for small businesses
A majority of small business owners support more relief from the government, according to the CNBC|SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey. Don't count on it.
The 30-year-old female founder at the forefront of a billion-dollar bet on CRISPR gene editing
Nathan Chen’s sister Janice co-founded Mammoth Biosciences while watching her brother skate in the Olympics. Her plan: get the CRISPR start-up to $100 billion.
Here’s how urban and rural Americans build wealth differently
There are key differences between rural and urban Americans when it comes to building wealth. Here's how it may affect retirement.
These are 5 common challenges every entrepreneur faces — here’s how to prepare for them
A successful entrepreneur must have a playbook for how to scale their business, according to Zuleyka Strasner, founder and CEO of Zero Grocery.
Closing the gender gap for women-led businesses could boost global GDP by $2 trillion, Citi says
Women receive a small fraction of VC funding and closing the investment gender gap could drive economic growth, according to a new report from Citigroup.
Next to the last steel mill in town, a robotic farm grows backed by Pritzker billions
Fifth Season, a vertical farming upstart in the heart of steel country is hoping that it can come to play a big role in a...
Chicago Fed’s Charles Evans cautions on inflation’s hit to small businesses
Even with average earnings flattening out in February, Evans said he hears from smaller companies about the challenges from cost increases.