Tag: Business

The pitch has become one of the most seductive in modern entrepreneurship: skip the startup, skip the venture capital, and buy a “boring” business instead. A laundromat. A pest control route. An HVAC company. Something unglamorous that already has customers, already has revenue, and already knows how to make money. The appeal is easy to…

Starting a business no longer requires a storefront, a warehouse, or even a dedicated office. For a growing number of entrepreneurs, the launch pad is a spare bedroom, a kitchen table, or a corner of the garage. Low overhead, flexible hours, and the ability to test an idea before committing serious money have made home-based…

Google has escaped the most severe penalty sought by U.S. antitrust enforcers in the case over its advertising technology business, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Rather than being forced to sell off pieces of the ad stack that sits at the center of the open web’s economy, the company faces a…

For decades, the standard route out of business school ran through the same few doors: consulting, investment banking, private equity, or a rotational leadership programme at a large corporation. Climb the ladder, build a network, and — if the timing and politics align — take a shot at the top job sometime in your forties…

A senior White House official has described technology as the “biggest driver” of economic growth, according to remarks reported by Fox Business, underscoring how central the administration views the tech sector to the country’s economic trajectory. The comment reflects a view that has gained traction among economists and policymakers over the past several years: that…

CT Business Blend: A Weekly Snapshot of Connecticut’s Economy The Hartford Business Journal published the latest edition of its recurring CT Business Blend feature on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026, continuing a format that has become a familiar landing spot for readers looking to catch up on Connecticut’s business news in a single sitting. Roundup columns…

An Austin business owner is sharing what it meant to land a spot on the Longhorn 100 — the University of Texas at Austin’s annual ranking of the fastest-growing businesses owned or led by Longhorn alumni — as the application window opens for the next class of honorees. The recognition, administered through the university’s alumni…

When you run a business alone, the bottleneck is never ideas. It’s hands. Every solopreneur knows the feeling of sketching out a smart little tool — a client dashboard, an invoice reminder, a scheduling page that actually fits your workflow — and then quietly abandoning it because building the thing would cost more time or…

Something has shifted in the way young people talk about business, and you don’t need a survey to notice it. You can hear it over dinner. That, in essence, is the argument at the heart of a new Fortune commentary: that corporations have forfeited the confidence of a generation, and that the evidence isn’t buried…

Business Roundup: New Stores and Restaurants Land in Columbia Columbia’s commercial landscape is shifting again as a fresh wave of retailers and restaurants opens doors across the city, adding to a late-summer stretch that has kept leasing agents, contractors and city inspectors busy. The timing is no accident. Late August in Columbia means the return…