Small Business

Richard Cummins | Getty Images Alec Manfre co-founded the tech start-up Bractlet as a student in Atlanta where he went to college, then ran it from an incubator in Santiago, Chile. But it was Texas where he and his two co-founders ultimately put down roots. They got hooked on doing business in the state after

President Donald Trump greets well-wishers after arriving at Des Moines International Airport, en route to a campaign fundraising dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, June 11, 2019. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump’s popularity with the general public has been wobbly but his standing with business continues to be strong. Small business owners in particular

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms waits to speak at the Atlanta Press Club luncheon, Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in Atlanta. Andrea Smith | AP City governments are under assault from ransomware, malicious software that infects entire computer networks, freezing up important files and equipment until the organization pays for a key to unlock the information.

Of all the reasons to start at business after age 50, perhaps the best one is that the years are passing. Maybe it’s something you always wanted to do. For some, it’s a good strategy for getting more work years in before retirement. Sure, it’s a lot of work and a lot of hours. But

Checkpoint soldiers are on guard at a container terminal on May 25, 2017 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province of China. Zheng Yongbo | Visual China Group | Getty Images What happens if President Donald Trump carries out his threat to impose tariffs on the remaining $300 billion in Chinese goods that he hasn’t already hit with

Lydia Macy, right, of Berkeley, Calif., siding with a same-sex couple, holds a sign outside the Supreme Court where arguments were being on heard on whether a Colorado baker, who refused to make a wedding cake for the couple based on his religious beliefs, is protected by the First Amendment on December 5, 2017. Tom

Sandra Payne, owner of Denver Concrete Vibrator. CNBC Sandra Payne said she held out for as long as possible before raising her prices. The owner of Denver Concrete Vibrator, which manufactures equipment that strengthens and settles concrete for infrastructure projects, said tariffs finally took a toll on her business. Raising prices modestly became necessary to

In 2008, Jason Urichich was at a crossroads. He lost his home and landscaping business in Youngstown, Ohio, and decided it was time for a change. He decided to pursue a six-month program at Kalamazoo Valley Community College in Michigan for wind turbine repair. “I was really interested in the small turbines, and at home

A worker wraps cargo in plastic before it is loaded into a shipping container at the Port of Veracruz in Veracruz, Mexico. Susana Gonzalez | Bloomberg | Getty Images Main street groups are sounding off on President Donald Trump’s latest round of tariff proposals — this time levied on goods imported from Mexico. Last week

Laura | Twenty20 There’s good news for the many people who are in college and working too: they’re likely to pick up a larger paycheck after graduation than their peers who didn’t work. That’s the finding from a new study published by the Education and Employment Research Center at the Rutgers School of Management and

Dan Kitwood | Getty Images When Michael Bloch’s wife graduated from law school with more than $300,000 in student loans, the couple sat down to come up with a plan. After reading blogs and articles, drafting spreadsheets and consulting a financial advisor, they still didn’t have an answer. “We really struggled with what is the

Billionaire technology investor and philanthropist Robert F. Smith announces he will provide grants to wipe out the student debt of the entire 2019 graduating class at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Sunday, May 19, 2019. Steve Schaefer | Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP Nearly 400 young men at Morehouse College learned on Sunday that their commencement speaker

Beverly Hills City Hall in Beverly Hills, California on January 13, 2018. Raymond Boyd | Michael Ochs Archives | Getty Images LOS ANGELES — The Beverly Hills City Council will consider a first-in-the-nation ban on all tobacco sales next Tuesday. The ordinance would apply to cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco and electronic cigarettes sold

Analysts say Amazon is poised to disrupt the $934.8 billion dollar global pharmaceutical industry. PillPack Nimble Pharmacy was among a crop of emerging companies, backed by venture capitalists, aiming to deliver prescription drugs from their own pharmacies to consumers’ homes or offices. Then Amazon bought online pharmacy PillPack in 2018, and Nimble needed to find

Founders: Rob Frohwein (CEO), Kathryn Petralia (President), Marc Gorlin Launched: 2009Headquarters: AtlantaFunding: $489 millionValuation: $1.2 billion (PitchBook)Key technologies: Artificial intelligence, cloud computing, machine learningIndustry: Credit, financial services, lending Small businesses are continuously touted as the lifeblood of the U.S. economy, but it doesn’t seem like the big banks know that. Getting a loan from any

Howard Adler Kurt S. Adler In the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China, who pays? In a word, my family does. We are leading importers of Christmas decorations and have been in business since 1946. President Donald Trump‘s imposition of a 10% tariff last September on many categories of products we offer has

Facing both the tightest labor market and the highest interest rates in years, small business owners often face a tough trade-off: whether to emphasize hiring and retaining employees or focus on other aspects of running their businesses. In most cases, according to the latest CNBC/SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey, larger small businesses want to get bigger

Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill April 11, 2018. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Facebook shares have whipsawed in the past year, falling from close to $220 last summer to a low around $125 in early 2019 before climbing back to near-$190.

Small business confidence ticked up and remains at a high level, according to the latest CNBC|SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey for the second quarter. The CNBC|Survey Monkey Small Business Confidence Index reading of 59 (up from 58 in the first quarter 2019) indicates that small business owners are optimistic about the direction of their business over

Venture capital flow into Florida companies is rising. Some of the factors driving the trend are the rise in immigration and the shift to more gig-oriented work. Scott B. Smith Photography | Getty Images Miami has vaulted to the No. 1 spot for starting a small business in the U.S., according to Biz2Credit’s annual rankings