Small Businesses
How Chez Panisse began
Twitter It!By: CNNMoney.com/Jospeh V. Tirella
BERKELEY (Fortune Small Business) — When Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse in Berkeley in 1971, she wasn’t trying to start a food revolution. But long before buzzwords like organic and locavore entered the popular lexicon, she was preaching the gospel of sustainable food to her customers.
The author of nine books, [...]
Creating Eco-Friendly Operations
Twitter It!By: Amy Barrett
Entrepreneurs, already at the forefront of the environmental revolution with the products they sell, also are proving to be leaders of a less visible but equally powerful trend: the transformation of their companies into lean, green operations. Some say concern for the environment is their inspiration to go green; others are [...]
How Small Businesses Win Big in Tough Economies
Twitter It!By: Jeff Stibel
Blinded by mass layoffs and the financial follies of Fortune 500 companies, we have overlooked a smaller but more important transformation: the increasing importance of small businesses in our economic recovery. After all, small businesses employ more than half of our private sector workforce. And history, as well as the Small [...]
How to Start a Beverage Company
Twitter It!By: Leigh Buchanan
What was Clayton Christopher’s worst decision about making tea? The decision to make tea. “We should have outsourced production a lot sooner,” says Christopher, whose company, Sweet Leaf Tea, brewed its own for four years. “We would have been three times the size we are now.” Perhaps. But such a practical course [...]
Snipping Credit Lines for Small Businesses
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JPMorgan Chase and others are shoring up balance sheets by reducing or eliminating these financial lifelines to entrepreneurs
By Amy Barrett
For small business owners, a line of credit can be a lifesaver, giving them a buffer against cash-flow problems and enabling them to handle regular expenses such as payroll. But beginning in March, according to [...]