How Small Businesses Can Weather Trade Turbulence in 2025
Navigate trade uncertainty with strategies to manage tariffs, optimize supply chains, and safeguard your business.
Read more at Inc.
-
How Small Business Owners and Lenders Are Navigating Trump’s Economic Policies
Cuts to government programs are forcing entrepreneurs to improvise answers to supply chain issues, projected shortages of immigrant labor, and getting financing. Pivoting is key to surviving.Inc. - 13h -
How small can the Education Department get without Congress changing the law?
President Trump's dream of closing the Department of Education is impossible without Congress, but that doesn’t mean he has no power to shrink or weaken the federal agency. While some functions of ...The Hill - 20h -
The Top 6 Hidden Fees Fleecing Small Businesses
Beware of “free” financial services. They’re often accompanied by other hard-to-spot add ons or markups. By one estimate, small businesses were overcharged by $153 billion.Inc. - Feb. 25 -
Small Business Owners Express a More Uncertain Outlook
The National Federation of Independent Business report for January recorded its third highest level of uncertainty, as its index leaped 14 points due to worries about taxes, trade wars, and untamed ...Inc. - Feb. 26 -
Small Business Owners Are Getting More Pessimistic.
Following a post-election surge in optimism, worries about inflation and labor continue to be a drag on sentiment.Inc. - 2d -
Tariffs on Mexico strike at the heart of small businesses in Texas
Small, independent businesses make up 70% of the restaurants in Texas. As tariffs on Mexico go into effect, they are among the first to shoulder the burden..ABC News - 1d -
How safe is it to fly in bad weather?
Despite recent aircraft incidents, flying is still the safest method of travel. But how do pilots cope with bad weather?BBC News - Feb. 21 -
The Small Business Administration is a failed experiment that should be ended now
The SBA was an experiment that never really succeeded. Considering how everything in the federal government is now being scrutinized, now may be the right time to end that experiment.The Hill - Feb. 26 -
Some small businesses are on the brink after Trump's spending cuts affect contracts
"My company has been left behind," one small business founder said.ABC News - Feb. 26
More from Inc.
-
The IRS Has an Influencer Problem, Thanks to This Tax Gray Area
The tax treatment of the free products many influencers get in the course of doing their job is especially ambiguous, leaving them unaware of how to correctly file their tax returns.Inc. - 9h -
DOGE Could Cut the IRS in Half. What Does That Mean for Your Tax Filings?
New reports indicate that Elon Musk may hit the agency with a second round of mass layoffs, and that audits could be abandoned amid the diminished headcount.Inc. - 9h -
How to Make Every Dollar of Your Marketing Count
Refinery29’s Piera Gelardi offers tips for freemium marketing.Inc. - 9h -
How Brands Like Airbnb Use Storytelling to Stand Out
Inc.’s Sarah Lynch outlines why multichannel marketing matters–and how to make your brand’s messaging memorable.Inc. - 9h -
How to Turn Viral Content Into a Lasting Benefit
Refinery29 co-founder Piera Gelardi and Healthy Roots Dolls founder Yelitsa Jean-Charles talk about making a viral moment last.Inc. - 9h
More in Business
-
South Korea's mint is grappling with a gold bar shortage as supply constraints bite
South Korea's state-run mint is grappling with a gold bar shortage amid robust demand for the precious metal.CNBC - 53m -
Thames Water has to keep borrowing and carry on
The public water utility cannot avoid a debt refinancing, despite the horrifying expenseFinancial Times - 2h -
Germany’s ‘whatever-it-takes’ spending push to end years of stagnation
Europe’s largest economy could return to pre-pandemic growth trendFinancial Times - 2h -
How much does Brookfield really make?
One of the world’s most complex financial conglomerates is attracting scrutiny for circular flows of cash involving its global property portfolioFinancial Times - 2h -
Microsoft walks away from some CoreWeave commitments ahead of $35bn IPO
AI data centre provider hit by blow from biggest customer ahead of the biggest tech listing this yearFinancial Times - 2h