Small Business

Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos addresses the audience during a keynote session at the Amazon Re:MARS conference on robotics and artificial intelligence at the Aria Hotel in Las Vegas on June 6, 2019. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images Since its humble origins as an online bookseller that debuted out of founder Jeff

Natale Servino, general manager of Servino Ristorante Jeniece Pettitt | CNBC Servino Ristorante, an upscale Italian restaurant in Tiburon, California, is a short drive or ferry ride from San Francisco, where scores of software and internet companies have emerged over the past decade.  Normally the 42-year-old restaurant, with picturesque views of the Bay, benefits from

As the coronavirus cases spreads around the country, small business owners are beginning to feel early impacts, such as supply-chain problems and lost sales. New data from the National Federation of Independent Business show that the current effects may be limited, but worries are big. The group found that 74% of small businesses say they

President Donald Trump speaks about the U.S response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic during an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 11, 2020. Doug Mills | Reuters Small business owners on Main Street now have an economic lifeline that can help them weather the coronavirus

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee eating a slice of cherry pie at A La Mode Pies on Pi Day in 2018 Chris Porter Last year, Three Babes Bakeshop sold more pies for Pi Day than for Thanksgiving. Usually around this time of year, it has sold out of the 3,000 pies it makes for the holiday