
The State of Small Business Lending in 2025: What Owners Need to Know
If you’re running a business with fewer than 20 employees, you’ve probably noticed how difficult it can be to get the right kind of financing.

If you’re running a business with fewer than 20 employees, you’ve probably noticed how difficult it can be to get the right kind of financing.

When I was working through growth planning with my business partner over a decade ago for our manufacturing company, I remember staring at my laptop

I’m writing this from the road (literally—somewhere between Saratoga and Skaneateles), and I can’t shake the feeling that we’re at one of those pivot moments

When Kelly Geary started mixing up savory granola in her Hudson Valley kitchen, she had no idea she was creating the foundation for a business that would capture hearts, fill pantries, and prove that sometimes the most unexpected recipes can rise to become something extraordinary.

I grew up baking bread with my dad at the Firehouse Café in Hudson, NY. It was the kind of place you could smell before you stepped inside: warm, familiar, and real. My dad opened it in the early 1990s, and I spent my teenage years learning how to show up, keep my word, and treat people with respect. The café didn’t make a ton of money, but it taught me more about entrepreneurship than any textbook ever could.