Business and Entrepreneurship
Founders, operators, and the business of building something that lasts.
Black Owned Business Lending Crossed Fourteen Billion in Q1 and SBA Numbers Show Why
First quarter Small Business Administration data shows Black owned business lending crossed $14 billion for the first time, with 7(a) and...
How Service Businesses Should Price in 2026
Hourly rates lost to AI productivity gains and customer expectations. The math on value-based pricing is no longer optional for service...
Franchise Resales Are Booming in 2026 as Corporate Refugees Buy Existing Operations
First quarter franchise resales hit 14,200 units, up from 9,800 a year ago. Buyers are corporate workers walking away from layoffs with...
Veteran-Owned Business Formation in Tennessee Is Up 31 Percent, and SBA Programs Are Paying Off
New SBA Q1 numbers show veteran founders pulling more capital, faster, and at lower delinquency rates than the general small-business...
If Your LLC Crossed 80K Last Year and You Did Not Elect S-Corp the IRS Has a Quiet Door Through September
The deadline to elect S-Corp status retroactive to January 1 has technically passed. Form 2553 with reasonable cause language can still get...
Black Led Venture Funds Push Into Late Stage With Cherryrock and BKR
New Black-led growth funds are closing nine-figure raises and writing late-stage checks for the first time, narrowing the historic 0.3...
The SBA Just Announced National Small Business Week 2026 and Here Is What You Should Know
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced the dates for its 2026 National Small Business Week Virtual Summit on May 5 and 6,...
The Profit First System Stops Service Businesses From Acting Broke At A Million In Revenue
Mike Michalowicz wrote the Profit First book in 2014 and the cash management framework has spread quietly through service businesses for...
OpenAI Just Hit 25 Billion in Annualized Revenue and an IPO Might Be Next
The company that started as a nonprofit research lab is now generating more revenue than most publicly traded tech companies, and the path...
Ghostwriting Has Quietly Become One of the Highest Margin Service Businesses on the Internet
The model that built Substack, LinkedIn thought leadership, and most of the bestseller list has matured into a tier of operators charging...
The Rise of the Fractional Executive Is Proof That Small Businesses Never Needed a Full Time C Suite
A growing class of part-time CFOs, CMOs, and COOs is giving small businesses access to senior leadership they could never afford to hire,...
43 Percent of Gen Z Wants to Start a Business and They Are Not Waiting for Permission
A new QuickBooks report shows Gen Z has the highest entrepreneurial intent of any generation. They are skipping the corporate ladder...
AI Startups Are Commanding 20 Percent Higher Valuations at the Seed Stage Than a Year Ago
Seed-stage AI startups are now commanding valuations 20 percent higher than the same period last year, driven by surging IT budgets,...
SBA 7(a) Loan Approvals Hit Five-Year Low as Small Business Credit Tightens
Small Business Administration data shows 7(a) loan approvals falling to the lowest quarterly count since 2021, with rural and...
The Reason Your Service Business Is Stuck Is That Nothing Is Written Down
Solo operators who hit a revenue ceiling almost always have the same problem. The work lives in their head and cannot be handed off,...
Black-Owned Employer Businesses Just Crossed 200,000. The Data Behind That Number Deserves More Than a Headline.
In 2023, Black-owned businesses with at least one employee surpassed 200,000 for the first time. That milestone marks six consecutive years...
The S-Corp Election Saves Self-Employment Tax, But the Reasonable Salary Trap Is Catching More Founders Than Ever
An LLC taxed as an S corporation is one of the cleanest tax moves a profitable solo business can make, and the rule that breaks it is the...
Coworking Hits Highest Occupancy Since 2019 With Q1 2026 Numbers Showing Real Recovery
Industrious, Convene, and Spaces post 87 percent occupancy as small business owners and remote teams rebuild the desk economy after a...
Why Black Professionals Are Walking Away from Corporate America in 2026
They have the degrees, the titles, and the salaries. And they are leaving anyway. A growing wave of Black professionals is choosing to...
Q2 Is One of the Best Funding Windows of the Year for Black Entrepreneurs. Here Is What's Open Right Now.
The L'Oreal and NAACP grant deadline is April 23. Goldman Sachs just opened its Black in Business fall cohort. And the first Black...
Boring Businesses Are Quietly Building More Wealth Than Most Tech Startups
Laundromats, vending route operations, mobile detailing, and HVAC service companies are not the businesses that get the magazine covers....
Why Franchising Is Becoming the First-Generation Wealth Play of 2026
More first-gen entrepreneurs are skipping the startup phase entirely and buying into proven systems. Here is why that decision is making...
Why Service Businesses Are the Smartest Bet for Entrepreneurs in 2026
Tariffs pushed product costs up. AI uncertainty pushed corporate workers out. The result is a wave of entrepreneurs building service-based...
Customer Acquisition Costs Are Up 222 Percent Over the Decade and D2C Brands Are Running Out of Room
The direct to consumer playbook that worked in 2015 is broken in 2026. The math no longer works on paid traffic alone, and founders who do...
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