I graduated from Stanford and couldn't find a job, so I created my own. I turned it into a...

businessinsider.com 4/18 2:27A insider@insider.com (Ellen Yang)

The author started her own business after struggling to find a full-time job. Courtesy of Dani Hamlett In my senior year at Stanford, I began my job search but couldn't secure a full-time offer. I was frustrated because I felt overqualified, yet...

The foreign students powering American summer jobs may be harder to find this year

businessinsider.com 4/18 12:59A ledmonds@businessinsider.com (La

Small businesses in Cape Cod and other popular destinations rely on J-1 Visa holders. Boston Globe/Boston Globe via Getty Images Around 100,000 university students travel to the US each summer under the J-1 Visa program. Small and seasonal...

We moved my family from the US to Colombia because we feared for our kids' safety. We have no plans...

businessinsider.com 4/16 11:11P tmartinelli@businessinsider.com

Alyssa Bolaños says her lifestyle is affordable, but with a caveat. Alyssa Bolaños Alyssa Bolaños moved from Florida to Colombia with her husband and two kids last year. She's enjoying Colombia's family-oriented culture and emphasis on...

How Citations Support Business Discoverability Beyond Google

advicelocal.com 4/16 2:00A Bernadette Coleman

Most businesses measure their local online visibility by where they rank on Google. But listing management services help agencies and local marketers maintain listings for their clients across a much...

From bags to coffee imports, how American small business owners are feeling the effects of higher...

businessinsider.com 4/13 11:51P jhart@insider.com (Jordan Hart,D

Caleb Nicholes (left), Kim Vaccarella (center), and Richard Trent (right) shared the effects of fuel costs. Wonderstate Coffee; Bogg; MSA Some American small businesses are feeling the effects of rising fuel prices. Business owners, including...

This TikTok vigilante is calling out what he says are obnoxious influencers — and getting legal...

businessinsider.com 4/12 2:15A lmoses@insider.com (Lucia Moses)

Jay, the face behind the TikTok account for Daadi Snacks, has gotten millions of views for his influencer takedowns. Shannon McKeever Photography Jay is a TikToker whose posts critical of influencer behavior often go viral. He fell into the role...

Southern cafeteria chains like Piccadilly, K&W, and S&S are disappearing. Small business owners are...

businessinsider.com 4/8 12:32A insider@insider.com (Abby Narish

The dessert spread at Luby s Cafeteria in Houston in 2002. Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images Big cafeteria chains were once a fixture in the American South. But in the 2000s, food quality worsened, and many chains started...

Roblox's Peter Yang wants his kids to skip college and corporate life to bootstrap businesses

businessinsider.com 4/7 11:34P jhart@insider.com (Jordan Hart)

Smaller companies are the way to go, Yang said. Peter Yang AI is lowering entry barriers for entrepreneurship and changing career paths. Roblox product lead Peter Yang said he wants his kids to skip corporate life and start businesses. Tech...

Cloudflare and GoDaddy team up to help websites fend off Big Tech's AI bot swarm

businessinsider.com 4/7 3:00A abarr@businessinsider.com (Alist

Matthew Prince, chief executive officer of Cloudflare Bloomberg/Getty Images Cloudflare and GoDaddy are addressing AI s impact on web traffic and revenue. The firms implemented an AI Crawl Control to manage AI bot interactions on websites. The...

I run a marketing business that lost work and had to cut staff due to AI. I'm still more excited by...

businessinsider.com 4/5 11:11P aapplegate@insider.com (Agnes Ap

Alex Cohen is the CEO and founder of Xander Marketing. Courtesy of Alex Cohen Alex Cohen has run his small marketing agency for 17 years. Cohen cites AI for staff cuts and says client demand has dropped since its rise. He started an AI...

I founded Culture Pop in my 50s, but my youngest hires keep it relevant and fresh

businessinsider.com 4/4 11:51P jhart@insider.com (Jordan Hart)

Tom First, 59, is the founder and CEO of Culture Pop. Billie Weiss/Culture Pop Soda Tom First is the founder and CEO of probiotic soda brand Culture Pop. First started Culture Pop in 2020, decades after launching his first business in 1989. At 59,...

Yelp Asks Reviewers to Rat

localvisibilitysystem.com 4/2 10:18P Phil

Sometimes I think Yelp might have matured, mellowed out a little, and eased up on longstanding policies that make no sense and don’t help anyone.  But then Yelp just doubles down. Case in point: Yelp...

How Incomplete Business Data Weakens Local Citations

advicelocal.com 4/2 2:00A Bernadette Coleman

When agencies and local marketers turn to listing management services , they often do so to resolve inaccurate business data. However, focusing only on errors and inconsistencies can lead to another...

A year later, two charts show how Liberation Day inflation panic actually panned out

businessinsider.com 4/1 11:05P allisonkelly@businessinsider.com

President Donald Trump on Liberation Day, on April 2, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images It s been a year since Trump announced tariffs on many countries in what he called Liberation Day. The effects of tariffs on inflation seem to have been...

I started a baking business after retiring from the government. Tariffs are affecting almost...

businessinsider.com 4/1 10:58P insider@insider.com (Madison Hof

Katrina Golden s business involves a coffee shop and a baking business. Guido Mieth/Getty Images Katrina Golden has been running a coffee shop and bakery after retiring from the federal government. She said tariffs have affected her business,...