USA TODAYEntrepreneurship Bug-based snacks? Crazy ideas from visionaries at the Global Entrepreneurs SummitUSA TODAY Money - Steve StraussThere I was, in The Hague (the city, and not, fortunately, the international criminal court). In front of me were sumptuous trays of lobster and steak and wine, and as I jostled for a seat, I saw an opening
USA TODAYTariffs Don't be a trade war casualty: Here's 9 ways small businesses can survive Trump's tariffsUSA TODAY Money - Rhonda AbramsIt’s time to recognize the facts: The U.S. is in a trade war. Some victims of the war are almost certainly going to be small businesses and small farms. Maybe even yours. Even if your small business does
USA TODAYRemote Working Bridge the disconnect: 3 strategies to make your home-based employees feel less remoteUSA TODAY Money - Steve StraussQuestion: Hi Steve. I have been in business for myself for quite a while and am encountering a new problem (which I didn’t think was possible!). These days, employees increasingly want to work remotely,
USA TODAYCustomers Small-business owners: Don't give Facebook, Amazon remote control of your customersUSA TODAY Money - Rhonda AbramsYou’ve got 20,000 followers for your small business on Facebook. You sell hundreds of products a month on Amazon. Your restaurant increased its sales by linking up with an online food delivery service.
USA TODAYLemonade This Memphis 10-year-old is already an author and CEO. Now she's launching a shoe lineUSA TODAY Money - Desiree StennettMEMPHIS – When Kinyah Braddock was 6, her father laid out a challenge: He asked her to come up with an idea and launch a business by her 10th birthday. "Apparently, I met that goal," Kinyah, now 10, told
USA TODAYGig Economy Want to win in the gig economy? Think big, diversify and know your worthUSA TODAY Money - Steve StraussDanny Brewer knew that the entrepreneurial life was for him when he saw that the address of one of his bosses after college was, literally, “No. 1, Easy Street.” This was about a decade ago and soon thereafter
USA TODAYSmall Business Want to really celebrate Small Business Week? Give entrepreneurs less talk, more actionUSA TODAY Money - Rhonda AbramsIt’s National Small Business Week, so you’ll hear a bunch of platitudes about small business: “Small business is the backbone of the economy, creates new jobs, is the American dream, yada, yada…” All but
USA TODAYSmall Business More small businesses cashing in on cashless paymentsUSA TODAY Money - Steve StraussI was talking recently with PayPal COO Bill Ready about some easy and simple ways in which small businesses can grow their business. He shared something I thought was key. While most online sellers tend
USA TODAYSmall Business Take out your small business tech trash. Here's 6 ways to do itUSA TODAY Money - Rhonda AbramsIt’s "Earth Week", so it’s time to talk about how you can help protect the environment in your small business. In particular, what are you going to do with all that tech trash you have? If you own a small
USA TODAYSmall Business Earth Day: Small changes at small businesses can add upUSA TODAY Money - Steve StraussThink what you will about President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement (dumb and shortsighted). Think also what you will about the Green New Deal (appropriately
USA TODAYSmall Business Entrepreneurs, here's how to lower your small business taxesUSA TODAY Money - Rhonda AbramsMy CPA emailed me on a Friday night, letting me know the taxes I’ll have to pay on my small business income. Gulp – those number are high! (Note to CPAs – wait til Monday to clobber small business clients
USA TODAYAfrican-American News EyeSeeMe bookstore teaches children the value of African-American historyUSA TODAY Money - Tanisha SykesAs African American parents, Pamela and Jeffrey Blair of St. Louis, Missouri, always taught their four children about their history and helped them to develop a positive self-image. They told stories their
USA TODAY Small-business spring cleaning? Here's how to get at those hard-to-reach digital placesUSA TODAY Money - Steve StraussIs there anything more delicious than first signs of spring –blooming flowers, longer days, warmer nights? Well, an empty inbox might come in a close second. So how about we have our cake and eat it too?
USA TODAY Trump’s small-business health insurance plan struck downUSA TODAY Money - Ricardo Alonso-ZaldivarA federal judge has struck down a small-business health insurance plan widely touted by President Donald Trump, marking the second setback in a week for the administration’s health care initiatives. U.S.
USA TODAY Don't hate, appreciate: Socially responsible small businesses win millennialsUSA TODAY Money - Rhonda AbramsNow, it may seem crazy, or craven, to use a social message to sell skin cream, but there’s an important lesson for you, small business owner, behind this marketing ploy. Today’s millennials expect companies
USA TODAYRay Brown Baking to escape stress, Michigan woman turns cheesecake into viable businessUSA TODAY Money - Rachel GrecoLANSING, Mich. – DeAnna Ray-Brown was standing under a 10-foot-by-10-foot hot pink tent in single-digit temperatures when it struck her: This might be something. More than a year ago, Ray-Brown was serving
USA TODAY Co-working spaces flourish in the suburbs, drawing moms who seek quiet and camaraderieUSA TODAY Money - Swapna Venugopal RamaswamyDani Geraci opted out of full-time work at an advertising agency after her first child was born. When her second child was 10 months old, Geraci decided it was time to put her business skills back to in
USA TODAY Want more small business shine? Grow your Twitter universeUSA TODAY Money - Steve StraussQuestion: I see that you are very active on Twitter. I am too via my small business, but I have very few followers. What to do? – Jacob Answer: I was definitely a fairly late convert to Twitter. The first
USA TODAYBarack Obama Obama, Oprah, Branson provide small business insightsUSA TODAY Money - Rhonda AbramsWhat insights can former President Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey and Richard Branson impart about running your small business? Solid ones, it turns out. Those three were the powerhouse speakers addressing
USA TODAYSmall Business How this nonprofit consulting firm helps small businesses, female entrepreneursUSA TODAY Money - Swapna Venugopal RamaswamyWhen Jane Veron moved from Manhattan to Scarsdale, New York, in 1997 with her investment banker husband and two children, then 1 and 3 years old, she was on a leave of absence from her job as a senior
USA TODAY 5 startup mistakes every small business person should avoidUSA TODAY Money - Steve StraussUnless you are a serial entrepreneur, you are bound to make mistakes when you start a business (and even they make a few.) Some mistakes are minor and become part of the trial-and-error new entrepreneur
USA TODAY Why 'Shark Tank's' Daymond John thinks veterans make for great entrepreneursUSA TODAY Money - Danny VenaWhile his advice was geared toward servicepeople, these are great takeaways for any business owner. Daymond John, acclaimed business owner and investor, knows a thing or two about how to succeed in business.
USA TODAY The best of deals and the worst of deals: Small-business lessons from the NBAUSA TODAY Money - Steve StraussThe NBA recently had its annual showcase. All-Star Weekend is a star-studded extravaganza of immense proportions with multiple events over three days and of course, all of it televised. The NBA is so and
USA TODAYWomen Entrepreneurs How Rebecca Minkoff's 'Female Founder' seal of approval will help women business ownersUSA TODAY Money - Rhonda AbramsWhat if you wanted an easy way to help women business owners succeed? If when you went to buy something or hire someone, you could select a woman-owned business? Well, if designer/entrepreneur Rebecca
USA TODAYSmall Business Hot market for businesses may start to cool as soon as this year, survey findsUSA TODAY Money - Joyce M. RosenbergNEW YORK (AP) — The years-long hot market for businesses may start to cool, perhaps as soon as this year. That’s the finding of a survey of brokers and advisers who help owners and buyers complete sales
USA TODAY National drink wine day: Revisiting the best wines under $10USA TODAY Money - Rhonda AbramsEditor's note: This column was originally published in 2017. Pricing and availability may have changed. Here’s a dilemma most wine drinkers face: You want to buy a good bottle of wine, but you don’t want
USA TODAYFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTulsa, OK Tulsa works to restore entrepreneurial spirit of 'Black Wall Street'USA TODAY Money - Sabrina FordLong before the Great Migration — the 20th-century exodus of millions of African Americans from the Deep South to the North — the opportunity to own land attracted many blacks to Oklahoma. But it was the
USA TODAY What's the biggest small business training program for girls? Girl ScoutsUSA TODAY - Rhonda AbramsCan you guess the number one entrepreneurial training for girls in the United States? Surprise! It’s the Girl Scouts. National Cookie Weekend is Feb. 22-24, and if you’d like to help empower the next of
USA TODAYStartups Need startup money? Here's 6 ways to fund your small businessUSA TODAY Money - Steve StraussQuestion: Hey Steve – I am fairly new to business. I started on a shoestring but now I could use some money – for marketing, operations, and so on. But I hear that banks really don’t lend to new businesses
