By Olanrewaju Babalola community that can help your business succeed. getty Starting a new business can be very exciting, especially when you are passionate about what you are doing. But here’s the hard truth: passion alone won’t keep your business alive. I mean, passion alone won’t keep the lights on, pay the rent, or make […]
Staff Writer Aashita Chaturvedy uses her own experiences to reflect on the powerful progress that female entrepreneurs have made in the past fifty years, arguing for the importance of building a community of like-minded individuals. Here’s an astonishing statistic: the current presidents of all major UK university entrepreneur societies are female this year. Compared to […]
The signatory, a business owner who attended a roundtable with a Labour frontbencher ahead of the election, added: “You think you’ve met the people. They’ve looked you in the eye, and said they’re all for growth, these things are really important, and they’ve listened to you. Then the first thing that happens as soon as […]
There’s no question that women make great business leaders. It turns out that they’re also pretty good at founding companies, especially franchises. We thought it was time to seek out some of these successful women and highlight them in the first Franchise Update magazine of 2025. The appeal of franchising is undeniable when you […]
Town, a startup founded by veterans of Google, Plaid and OpenAI, has raised $18 million. The company announced the funding round Friday (March 14) along with the launch of its platform, designed to provide small businesses with the same tax advantages of big companies. “Big corporations deploy entire tax departments to minimize what they owe, […]
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Building a startup isn’t about chasing certainty — it’s about learning to thrive in the unknown. Growth, risk and opportunity collide at every turn, creating a dynamic that’s as exhilarating as it is precarious. Fragility, momentum and reinvestment aren’t just forces at play; they’re defining elements of […]
Oklahoma City -– The National Federation of Independent Business found the Small Business Optimism Index fell by 2.1 points last month. Despite the drop to 100.7, that was still the fourth consecutive month above the 51-year average of 98 and is 4.4 points below its most recent peak of 105.1 in December. The Uncertainty Index […]
The producers of New Orleans Entrepreneur Week have released details for the 2025 event, which is scheduled to take place March 24-29 at multiple locations citywide before two days of programming on the campus of Loyola University New Orleans. Now in its 14th year, the free, weeklong celebration of entrepreneurship will gather more than 100 […]
STUART, Va. (WDBJ) – Plans for a small business development and child care center in Patrick County have been canceled. The project had been in the works since 2020 and was set to receive grant funding. On Friday, WDBJ7 spoke with the county’s economic development director about what happened and what’s next. “Due to the […]
Team “Stimma” pitches at Pioneer Square Labs on Wednesday in front of Seattle venture capitalists. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Best class ever? That Source link