
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

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.