Small Business

People enjoy a stroll through Historic Annapolis Main Street in Annapolis, Maryland on April 29, 2021. Marvin Joseph | The Washington Post | Getty Images For Mitch Hughes, chief executive of Vizz, a construction management software firm he founded in 1996, the pandemic created ideal conditions for acquisitions.    Vizz, which runs a visualization platform

SINGAPORE — For Fiona Loh, juggling marketing, accounts, customer service and product development is all in a day’s work. The 28-year-old swapped computers for cookies last year, when she quit her stable job as a technology product manager for a bank to run her own bakery business, Whiskdom. “Every day I felt something nudging within

Masked visitors view art at El Museo del Barrio’s Estamos Bien exhibit. The museo has reopened but at limited capacity. Michael Palma Mir When the Paycheck Protection Program ran out of funding the first week of May – weeks ahead of its May 31 deadline – it was a huge surprise to the staff of

Shirley Chung prepares a dish at the Michael Muller’s HEAVEN, presented by The Art of Elysium, event on Jan. 5, 2019 in Los Angeles. Phillip Faraone | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images When the pandemic hit, chef and reality TV star Shirley Chung quickly pivoted her restaurant business to manage through the crisis. Dealing

Ariel Skelley | DigitalVision | Getty Images A lack of paid leave and access to quality child care has long been an issue for working parents in the U.S., advocates argue. The coronavirus pandemic has only exacerbated the issue, with some parents — mainly women — ditching their jobs to care for their kids. A