Welcome to Main Street Morning, The Washington Post’s daily collection of news affecting entrepreneurs, start-ups and small businesses with a special focus on policy and government.
Here’s what’s affecting my small business, my clients and other entrepreneurs today.
Washington
The Senate is on pace for its lightest work schedule in 60 years.
The Supreme Court rejects a challenge to Seattle’s minimum wage law.
The Small Business Administration launches its third annual growth accelerator fund competition.
These are the top 100 SBA lenders for loans under $150K.
The Economy
The Elections Some experts are warning of a backlash in Donald Trump’s China trade policies. The 2016 election is causing many small-business owners to feel down, according to a survey. Why some think the U.S. “decline” is campaign hype , and not reality. People A new essay describes the quiet desperation of working for a Silicon Valley start-up in 2016. A 7-Eleven franchisee is fined more than $200,000 for deliberately short-changing two migrant employees and falsifying records. Management Starbucks is being sued for $5 million for using too much ice. Why Netflix isn’t in the business you think it’s in. Why unions are losing their sway over Verizon as the landline business shrinks. This fast-growing meat supplier has plans for expansion. Entrepreneurs An Australian entrepreneur says he is the founder of Bitcoin. This is exactly how hard it is for mothers who become entrepreneurs. A refugee who sold pens to feed his daughter now owns four businesses. FinanceStart-ups These gas delivery start-ups want to enable their customers to fill up their cars anywhere. Technology Google’s parent Alphabet is developing a wide range of wearable products. Will.i.am is back with a new product that lives on your wrist—or in your clothes. Online An expert in cartography tries to figure […]
