When you’re first starting a business, one of the first things you’ll need to do is figure out how you’ll fund it. There are plenty of options — from crowdfunding to loans or grants. But the simplest way is to bootstrap your business, or self-fund. Bootstrapping may feel risky, but …
ASEAN member nations’ flags outside the Pullman Hotel, the venue for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ retreat meeting in Luang Prabang, Laos, in January 2024. Tang Chhin Sothytang Chhin Sothy | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. and China are usually top of mind when it comes to artificial intelligence and …
Angel Zheng at Isshiki Matcha in New York, NY on May 21, 2025. Lisa Kailai Han | CNBC Angel Zheng is relying on the Japanese principle of “ikigai” to turn her passion for matcha — a powdered green tea with a unique taste and purported health benefits — into building …
If you’re gearing up to start a business, you’re probably wondering what type of entity you should register as: a sole proprietorship or a limited liability company (LLC). Both are common structures for small businesses but differ in some important ways. Read on to learn more about the differences between …
Financial scams have become more convincing and common over the years, causing every phone call and email from an unknown contact to be greeted with justified suspicion. But if your small business has been cash-strapped, an out-of-the-blue offer for free funding might feel like a wish come true and break …
On a wet Wednesday morning in April, Ashley Holroyd had a steady but slow stream of customers into his coffee shop in Barrow-in-Furness, an industrial town in northwest England. The cafe, Coffee D’Ash, had been open for only about six months, and it barely filled the cavernous space. Despite the …
Amid a steady stream of new trade policies in President Trump’s first three months in office, there is one that Andy Musliner, who owns a small toy business in Maryland, can get behind. That’s the ending of a duty-free loophole for cheap goods from China. Mr. Trump this month scrapped …
At a pharmaceutical factory in Chengdu, China, an order that Thomas Leung placed from Manhattan in January is sitting on hold. The shipment includes a variety of concentrated herbal granules used in traditional Chinese medicine. There’s dang gui, also known as angelica root, which is used to treat gynecological ailments; …
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Small-ticket items shipped to the United States from China will no longer be exempt from tariffs starting on Friday, when a decision by President Trump to shutter a shipping loophole he calls a “scam” takes effect. The move is expected to send ripples through the economy as American consumers, who …