Every business has its unique challenges. Women-owned businesses are no exception.
Women have come a long way since the days when people assumed a women-owned company was a small, home-based candle or macramé business bringing in under $10,000 a year. Today, women-owned businesses span industries and sizes, from the smallest home-based business to among the largest [...]

The U.S. government is the largest consumer in the country, spending nearly $589 billion each fiscal year on contracts. The government is also an omnivorous consumer, spending that money on everything from office furniture to food services to medical personnel to highly advanced technologies.
For an entrepreneur or small-business owner, the thought of entering such a [...]

We know business is done on the state and local level.  That’s why the Business Gateway program has been working with state and local governments in addition to Federal agencies to provide a complete resource center for your business on Business.gov.  Each month, the site promotes a “feature city” on the homepage and further provides [...]

Are you a disabled person considering starting a business?  Read this before you open up shop as there are government resources set-aside specifically for you!
The government recognizes that people with disabilities have specific challenges when starting a business that other small business owners may not face.  Because of this, the government has created special assistance [...]

Any successful business owner will tell you marketing your small business begins with research.  The experts can direct you to the best methods for performing research and provide you with successful strategies for market research, but a lot of the statistics and demographic information you desire can be obtained, for free, from the government.
The government [...]