Opinion: Seven tips for developing your small business
As a small business, taking on larger competitors can be tough. Potential customers find security in what looks like the safest bet the established business that s been around long enough to expand into different locations and hire more employees.

Small Business Must-Reads Thursday, June 11
What s in a name: Facebook FB-0.62 % and other established companies are increasingly bringing trademark-infringement claims against startups with similar monikers, arguing that it could weaken their brands. The Wall Street Journal. Bandwidth: Cuba s

Dear Politician: If Small Business Is So Important, How Do You Explain These Facts?
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. I ve been reminded of that 16th Century English proverb and nursery rhyme in recent weeks as I ve scanned the news for articles on the state of small business in the U.S. The proverb comes to mind because

Small-business lending rises at big banks, not small ones
Big banks continue to approve more loans to small businesses. Banks with $10 billion or more in assets approved 21.9 percent of small-business loans in May, up from 21.7 percent in April, according to a Biz2Credit report. Loan approval rates at big banks