Tag: Business

When the invoice arrived, the number was hard to process: roughly $90,000 in tariffs owed on inventory that had already been ordered, already been paid for, and was already on its way. For a small plus-size clothing business — the kind that operates on thin margins, seasonal orders, and careful cash-flow planning — a five-figure…

A home-based cookie business in the Cherry Grove section of North Myrtle Beach has found itself in a dispute with city officials over what the owner is allowed to sell — and where — under local rules governing businesses operated out of a residence. The disagreement centers on a familiar tension in beach communities across…

Steven Bartlett, the entrepreneur and podcaster behind “The Diary of a CEO,” is preparing to deploy as much as $400 million to build what he describes as a new generation of star creators, according to a report from Business Insider. The move marks one of the largest single bets yet placed on the creator economy…

A Springfield boutique is turning its storefront into a classroom this fall, offering a six-week business training program aimed at helping local residents learn what it takes to launch and sustain a small business. The program, announced this week, is designed for aspiring entrepreneurs who may have a product or an idea but lack the…

The French Quarter has seen just about everything in its three centuries — but until this week, it had never seen a marijuana dispensary. That changed with the opening of the neighborhood’s first licensed cannabis retailer, a milestone that supporters have described in almost disbelieving terms. “I’m speechless,” one person involved said of the moment,…

The Trump administration’s transportation chief has publicly criticised Ford Motor Company over its commercial arrangements with Chinese companies, according to a report from the South China Morning Post, reigniting a long-running debate in Washington over how deeply American carmakers should be entangled with China’s industrial supply chains. The rebuke lands at a sensitive moment for…

A fixture of the Syracuse University Hill neighborhood is preparing for one of the biggest changes in its long history. After roughly 100 years in business, the beloved establishment is set to change ownership on Dec. 1, when a group of local restaurateurs takes the reins. The transition, reported by Syracuse.com, marks the end of…

Smartsheet has appointed new leaders across its Asia-Pacific and Japan operations, a move the work management software company links to rising demand from customers in technology, manufacturing and professional services. The leadership changes signal that the Bellevue, Washington-based firm sees the region as a growth priority rather than a satellite market. Building out senior ranks…

For the past several years, a certain kind of entrepreneurial fantasy has circulated across business podcasts, newsletters, and social media feeds: skip the startup grind, skip the venture capital pitch decks, and instead buy a small, unglamorous, cash-flowing company. A laundromat. A pest control route. An HVAC shop. The pitch is seductive in its simplicity…

A recent Business Insider first-person essay carries a headline that captures a career pattern more common than the startup mythology usually admits: “I Took a 6-Figure Job at Amazon in Between Bouts of Entrepreneurship.” The framing is telling. Not a retreat, not a failure u2014 an interval. The word “bouts” suggests entrepreneurship as something recurring,…