Small Business

Little Red Hen, a family-owned cafe in Altadena, was destroyed in last month’s deadly fires. Courtesy: Shay family When the Los Angeles wildfires swept through Southern California in January, Barbara Shay lost much more than the building housing the cafe she owned. Gone were the ingredients for menu items like grits or pancakes. Gone were

People take pictures of the US Treasury in Washington, DC, on Feb. 6, 2025.  Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The Treasury Department has set a new deadline of March 21 for millions of businesses to fulfill a new reporting requirement on “beneficial ownership information,” after a court order allowed the federal agency to

Diversity, equity, and inclusion has become a flashpoint in corporate America, with a shifting political landscape and economic pressures reshaping how businesses approach these initiatives. Under the Trump administration, DEI programs are under increased scrutiny, and many large corporations have begun scaling back their investments in these efforts. Yet while big business retreats, small business

Keeproll | E+ | Getty Images It’s no secret that large corporations are using generative artificial intelligence to get ahead — but many small businesses are finding ways to use this technology to their advantage, too. To be clear, there’s still a large chunk (43%) of small businesses that have never even considered using gen

Janet Yellen, U.S. Treasury secretary, on a tour of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in Vienna, Virginia, on Jan. 8, 2024. Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images The U.S. Treasury Department has delayed the deadline for millions of small businesses to Jan. 13, 2025, to file a new form, known as a Beneficial Ownership Information