Tag: Small Business

Ann Patchett opened a bookstore everyone said would fail. Now it’s a blueprint

When she isn’t working on a novel, Ann Patchett is often thinking of what she can do for…

McKinsey studied 200 family business successions. The biggest problem wasn’t the heir — it was the outgoing CEO

Acha Leke is a senior partner in McKinsey’s Johannesburg office, Chairman of McKinsey’s Africa region, and…

Meet the California cheese mogul who turned to AI agents to save his iconic $50 million business

Larry Peter has as much personality as the cheeses that once made Julia Child melt. He…

Trump’s budget cuts are hitting Native American businesses and the rural communities they support

Near Thackerville, Oklahoma, a town on the Texas border with fewer than 500 residents, what started…

A Mark Cuban-backed vegan cheese firm trained AI to scrutinize cardboard boxes. It’s saved $400,000

A Mark Cuban–backed cheese company found an unlikely place to cut costs using AI: the cardboard…

Forget Big Tech: Small businesses will hire nearly 1 million grads in 2026

While fresh-faced grads are throwing their hats in the ring for a job at the world’s…