Want to buy a local business? Watch out — it might lead you to buying even more small businesses.”I call these ‘gateway-drug businesses,'” says Codie Sanchez. That’s…

We’ve all heard of happy hours and “buy-one-get-one-free” sales. But if you’re looking to run a promotion that truly gets customers excited, it needs to be memorable.…

In the past, customer service looked like this: If you were a big company, you could afford enterprise-grade technologies. And if you were a mom-and-pop shop, you…

After I graduated from college, I ran a bookstore on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and that is where I learned to love community-based retail.Running a local…

You don’t have to be an influencer to get attention on social media, and your posts don’t need to rack up a million views in order to…

If you think the franchise industry consists only of franchisors and franchisees, you’re missing an important third group of contributors — the suppliers. Also known as vendors…

Want to buy a franchise outside the United States? You’re in luck, because franchising is increasingly a global affair. Consider this statistic: Every year, we rank the…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. David Meltzer knows what it feels like to lose everything — and come back from the edge.”How much money…