Small Business Ideas

Our guides for small business ideas are designed to help you with the obstacles you might encounter at every stage of your business. Feel like you’re stuck before you’ve even gotten started? Our home based business guides and popular business ideas can help you figure out the needs of a particular industry or business model. We also have articles on funding and other logistical issues. Is your small business already up and running? We have guides to help you with hiring, responding to tax issues, and dealing with other drama that can slow down small business owners.

COVID Economy Business Guides

The pandemic has put hundreds of thousands of people out of work—many permanently. We’ve put together guides for how to start some of the most popular and in demand businesses during this crisis. Each of our COVID Economy Business Guides goes over what you’ll need to get started today.

Work from Home Tech Business Guides

Key jobs in the tech industry—including designing, developing and supporting websites—can often easily be performed at home. Time to transform your tech skills into your own home business? Check out our guides, and learn everything you need to begin now.

Work from Home Business Guides

These are industry-specific guides that tell you everything you need to know to start a home based business. The tools you’ll need, how much to charge, how to open a bank account—we’ve gathered the top info you’ll need to know to get started fast.

Out of the Box Business Ideas

Want to be a part of something new and exciting? Our guides below focus on growing industries that are shaking up the status quo with new products, processes or technologies.

Popular Business Ideas

Interested in starting a franchise? How about entering into the legal cannabis industry? We provide you with useful information on some of today’s most popular business ideas.

Business Funding

Business finances giving you a headache? Not sure where—or how—to find the funds you need to grow your business? Check out our articles below.

Small Business Logistics

It’s easy to get bogged down in logistics. If you’re unable to decide where to start your business or what to name your company, you can lose momentum and valuable time. We’ve compiled the following articles below to help answer some common concerns for new businesses.

Hiring Employees

As your business grows, there will eventually come a point where there’s more work than you can do alone. Should you hire employees? Or a contractor? What responsibilities does an employer have? Learn about taking on employees in the following articles.

Tax Issues & Other Common Problems

Every business encounters the occasional obstacle, whether it’s a forgotten tax filing or clients who won’t pay their bills. Below are some common issues that many businesses face—and what you can do about them.