Retailers plan to hire about 450,000 seasonal workers this Q4, according to a September 23 outlook from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a number that would fall even further below last year’s 461,500 ...

Etsy rolled out a batch of seller-facing changes on September 22, according to a summary from Value Added Resource, including shared shop access for staff, a new AI-assisted listing tool, and a wider ...

The self-employed workforce in the United States has grown faster than many of the systems built to ensure it. According to the YIP Institute, more than 70 million Americans now participate in ...

Small organizations can accumulate software surprisingly fast. Someone adds a payment tool because money needs to come in more smoothly. Another system appears later because communication is getting ...

Meta introduced a bundled subscription lineup called Meta One on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, adding paid tiers for creators, businesses, and heavy AI users across Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and ...

Amazon has told sellers that most product bundles sold under one catalogue identifier must be packaged by the original manufacturer or brand starting January 11, 2027. The notice went up in the Seller ...

Bloomberg Tax and Accounting released its 2027 Projected U.S. Tax Rates report in September 2026, forecasting a 3.2% inflation adjustment across federal tax brackets and thresholds. That is a larger ...

Looking for side business ideas that actually make money? We’ve ranked the 53 best side hustles for 2026 by realistic earning potential, from quick-start gigs paying $15-$25/hour to scalable ...

After helping dozens of clients launch businesses on shoestring budgets over the past several years, I’ve noticed the same pattern every time: the people who succeed aren’t the ones with the most cash ...

It’s not the six-figure mistake that wrecks most self-employed businesses. It is the tiny financial habits repeated every single day without a second thought: the invoice you forget to send, the “I’ll ...

I’m Elliot, and I’ve spent years helping self-employed professionals build sustainable retirement savings strategies. The first thing most business owners realize is that they’re not limited to the ...

If you have ever sold candles at a craft fair or watched your Etsy shop land its first ten sales, you have probably asked the question I hear from readers constantly: how do you turn a hobby into a ...