Hourly earnings growth at small businesses continued to decelerate in December, reflecting a pattern for much of the year, while job growth also moderated, payroll provider Paychex reported Tuesday.

Those dual dynamics were featured in the “How Small Businesses Can Win in 2026” report LinkedIn published on December 3. On the one hand, it found 79 percent of all U.S. small companies have already ...

After working with thousands of small businesses, I’ve learned that scaling can sometimes introduce challenges that can be difficult to overcome. SMBs have remarkable resilience and adaptability.

By Sachin Puri, CEO of Bluehost Group ​​​​​With 99.9% of U.S. businesses classified as small and contributing nearly half of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gelila writes about entrepreneurship and AI in private markets. If AI is going to matter at all in our economy, it has to matter ...

In this special episode of Most Innovative Companies in partnership with Chase for Business, we sit down with Ben Walter, CEO of Chase for Business, to discuss the state of the small business economy ...

Small businesses are optimizing for survival and flexibility, not rapid growth. Rising costs and selective lending are reshaping how entrepreneurs define success. Resilience has become a strategy, not ...