One of BusinessWeek’s Most Promising Social Entrepreneur finalists: Daniel Lubetzky, whose PeaceWorks Foundation helps spur Middle East peace through business ventures between Arabs and Jews, just earned a big business coup for a small business owner....

Scott Shane says yes. Steve King says no. I’d like to see a closer analysis of the trends in the past 10 years. There’s been a fundamental shift in how people start businesses and the types of ventures they start in the last decade. Technology has...

Summer has begun and along the nice feeling of warmth and weekend barbecues with the whole family comes one of the most hated things in the world. You guessed it, mosquitoes. These tiny insects are not only annoying but they’re also dangerous as they...

Interesting post by Mike Speiser on “Self-Service Nation: Why Targeting Small Business Is Good Business.“ I’ll jump to one (of 27 at this writing) of the reader’s comments which I think says it all: Focusing on supporting and recommending small...

Like most business owners, BusinessWeek reader Mike Draper is concerned about balancing his employees’ health benefits with his business’ expenses. In 2006, after paying out of pocket at a county hospital, he voiced that sentiment by designing a shirt...