Minority Businesses

Starting your own business may be one of the biggest risks you will take in your life - and the statistics confirm it. According to the Small Business Administration (SBA), two-thirds of new...

Changing the direction of your business - including altering your product or service offering, selling to a new market, or opting for new distribution channels - is no mean feat and requires significant...

What I learned at the West Coast Franchise Exposition in Los Angeles.

"Main Street" has now become a generic term synonymous with U.S. small business in general. But for many entrepreneurs, the prospect of joining Main Street in its more literal meaning - i.e. the...

Whatever your product or service, and whatever the market - whether it be federal, state or local government - winning a share of government business can be a complex and time-consuming process. And...

Re-locating a business to a new state is no easy feat. In some ways, can generate almost as much stress as starting out did in the first place - there is a location...

There is no doubt about it - women are a rising force in American entrepreneurship. However, starting and growing a business, woman-owned or not, brings its own unique challenges. The good news for...

Listen to Founder & Chairman Don Hay Discuss the Maid Brigade Veterans Franchise Giveaway Program Live on The Franchise Show.

All U.S. states and many cities and other political subdivisions have programs designed to benefit Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUBs). While these programs vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, they are designed to make it...

Take a walk down any supermarket aisle and you'll notice that more and more organic food products have found their rightful place alongside "conventionally" produced foods - testament to the fact that organic...

Whether you've reached the end of the road as a business owner and are looking to move on, or have reached the point where you can "cash-out" and reap significant rewards from a...

It’s quite a staggering fact that in the last few years home-based businesses have grown to represent 52% of all small businesses and 10 percent of the total receipts of the economy (approximately...

As the nation prepares for a potentially broader outbreak of the H1N1 flu this fall and winter, the government is reaching out to small business owners to help defend against the impact and...

Since the new administration walked into the White House and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed through Congress, selling to the government suddenly got very sexy. But understanding the ins and outs...

This year is an interesting year for federal government contracting. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has resulted in a 13 percent rise in federal contract spending in 2009, and much of...

Although the 2009 hurricane season has been relatively quiet, small businesses and home-owners alike have faced their fair share of disasters this year - floods in the mid-west, wild fires in California, an...

As summer quickly winds down and parents try to adjust to the back to school / work routine, many metropolitan areas face what has become one the busiest commuter traffic seasons of the...

Your business name is its identity. With the huge growth in the availability of diverse marketing tools with which to promote your business, choosing the right business name, and ensuring it is registered...