Small Business News

Welcome to September! Here are thirty-six deals from our venture capital database to close out our reporting on August 2022 VC transactions.

Today's venture capital transactions include three interesting startup companies that are working on cancer prevention and care.

Today's venture capital transactions total $365 million, with bets covering everything from biotech to satellite communications.

Start your week with a review of recently funded VC transactions, curated from our venture capital deals database.

The weekend is here, but our VC deal coverage isn't taking the day off. Check out these new VC investments from our venture capital database.

Are VC transactions getting smaller? Based on today's admittedly small sample size, maybe so.

Everyone in Illinois who makes $250,000 or less will benefit from the Illinois Fair Tax. We take a look at how things shake out on a county-by-county basis.

Small businesses rely heavily on the US Postal Service to collect checks, send out shipments and deliver direct marketing materials. Leave the postal service alone, please.

As Illinois prepares to vote on the Fair Tax in November 2020, moving away from an archaic and discredited flat tax method to a graduated tax system, there has been substantial debate over what behavioral impact will result from the change.

Marketing during a pandemic isn't something they trained us for. But the fundamentals of marketing will let us make it through this to better days ahead.

Preparing your 2017 marketing budget isn't something you should procrastinate on. Start the process now to ensure you create a good marketing budget.

Marketers who personalize their campaigns to the unique needs of a customer will win against those who continue to treat all customers the same.

The coronavirus pandemic is creating a new challenge for IT departments, which are charged with recovering laptops from remote employees. In 2020, over 9 million company-owned laptops will need to be recovered from employees in the US, and it's not as easy as you might think.

The Covid-19 pandemic has made people realize how important it is to have a good work from home (WFH) tech setup. If you're having problems with WFH videoconference meetings, this WFH tech checklist will come in handy.

Big Data needs to be faster. Fortunately, new hardware and a new memory-centric distributed storage system may kick things up a notch.

It seems that hackers can forward a Verizon cell phone easily and with impunity. But Verizon could easily minimize the damage with these three simple initiatives.

There can be no doubt that artificial intelligence (AI) is out of the laboratory and is now making its way into myriad aspects of daily life. But how will it affect your business?

New nonprofit organization plans to level the tech industry playing field for minorities and women.

Talks of a slowdown in venture investing don't seem to be slowing down the number of deals we are processing. Frankly, we were hoping for a little break. But no rest for the weary.

Financial wellness firm BrightPlan closed a $9.5 million funding round this week and will use the funds to drive expansion and continued product innovation.

A regulatory provision aimed at helping small businesses to survive the pandemic will expire later this month unless Congress takes immediate action.

As access to Covid vaccine shots continues to improve, many business are creating incentive programs to encourage employees to get vaccinated.

Based in Palo Alto, Tappity hopes to make its app the go-to destination for anyone who wants to teach kids about science.

The current Illinois flat tax is racist, in the sense that it systematically transfers wealth from people of color to wealthy Illinois residents, who tend to be white. If you are against racism, you must be for the Illinois Fair Tax. Here's why.

A McDonald's franchisor in Florida earlier this month agreed to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

As Congress remains stonewalled on a coronavirus relief package, and President Trump politicizes the issue, many franchisors are worried that relief may come too late.

In 2014, President Obama announced that the U.S. would chart a course toward normalizing relations with Cuba. The business community saw the move as an opportunity to expand into a market that has been untapped for more than half a century.

Multi-unit franchising is more appealing than ever. But entrepreneurs are discovering that there's a big difference between operating a single unit and multiple locations.

The franchises sector again outpaced the U.S. economy for job growth in November. What are franchises doing right and what does it mean for your small business?

Many communities have taken steps to keep Starbucks, Burger King, Dunkin Donuts are others out of their towns. But some are changing their minds.