US small business
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Meet the street artist who gives tours around the city as part of a group that’s found success showing the legal side of what some consider urban blight
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Former corporate fashion designers get ‘close to the product’ at Brooklyn Shoe Space, a shoemaking collective focused on sharing the ‘addicting’ trade
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Myka Meier runs a school of manners with locations throughout the city. Olga Oksman attends a class – and learns how etiquette can be empowering
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Saleswomen at companies such as Tupperware take out micro-loans and sell products directly, becoming financially independent on their own time
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People of color are conspicuously absent from Oregon’s lucrative legal weed business. Now, advocates say a proposed 3% marijuana tax could help
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Jewelry designers used the $84 Ivanka Trump paid for an ear cuff to back opposition to her dad – and they’re not alone in making such donations
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Lacie Richardson is hoping her troll-caught Alaskan salmon will catch on with sustainably minded American shoppers
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While ditching gratuities in Portland and elsewhere has meant ‘less judgment, angst and anger’ at some establishments, others have seen staff members quit
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Bank of America survey also shows 28% of women owners feel they have less access to capital, borne out by 2014 study that they receive only 4.4% of loans
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The Guardian spent a day with a 21st-century-style butler supplied by Hello Alfred, a startup that takes care of life’s little chores so you don’t have to
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Michelle Van Etten, billed as small business owner on official schedule, is ‘multi-level marketer’ of nutritional products who says she doesn’t have employees
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Need some supernatural aid to change your luck? Enchantments in the East Village offers candles, books and incense to work some positive magic
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Distraught by the disappearance of the neighborhood’s cultural identity, professionals hope to reclaim the area with black-owned business developments
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It’s no surprise to see another small business fall prey to gentrification, but the loss of this record store and its knowledgable staff is a particularly bitter blow
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Small businesses have expressed alarm at the state’s pledge to raise its rate over six years to the highest in the country but advocates say the move falls short
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Shared housing is nothing new but the number of young people living with roommates has doubled since 1980 and some entrepreneurs see an opportunity
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Alternative farming companies like FarmedHere see a bright future in indoor agriculture, which they say can take over local food production
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Mobile task marketplace Spare5 connects big businesses with people looking to earn extra cash in their spare seconds – but there’s a downside
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Cascade Record Pressing, near Portland, Oregon, is only the 21st pressing plant in the country after many closed with the advent of CDs and MP3s
Pot blocks: obstacles keep small business owners from a multibillion-dollar market