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Co-founder Hamish Gordon says the firm is trying to achieve a point of difference in packaging.

But according to recent polls looking at entrepreneurship, there are many huge hurdles facing small startups, starting with a state and local tax rate of almost 16 percent, compared with the US average of 6.8 percent.

A program that could lead to 110 megawatts of new solar electrical generation across the nation was announced by Goldman Sachs and SolarCity .

Patch has launched a new site, Small Business Patch , to educate and empower small businesses with the digital tools, social media strategies and marketing know-how needed to ensure long-term growth.

Roberta Bonoff, president and CEO of Creative Kidstuff, a toy store chain, at the store in St.

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The House Municipal Government Committee has approved legislation sponsored by Rep.

Since last week, lots of legitimate business accounts have been suspended and then unsuspended on Twitter.

Every small business has to advertise to get consumer attention but the question each business owner asks themselves is how best to do bring attention and get sales.

Understanding cloud computing can be a nebulous process-hence the name "cloud"-but its benefits are clear.

Embedded in Washington's planned rules governing the state's legal marijuana industry are attempts to keep the federal government from swooping in and shutting down businesses, arresting people and seizing property because marijuana is still illegal under federal law.

Lawmakers spend a lot of time talking up the virtues of the American small business, and a lot of time finding new ways to define it.

This week's top small business news stories looked at the latest mobile technology, 3D printing, the future of the password, the latest in the battle over Obamacare and much more.

The Miami-Dade Expressway Authority is well known for the busy toll roads it operates such as the Dolphin Expressway or the Gratigny Parkway.

Still thinking of Groupon as a company that sends out daily deal emails all the while incurring the ire of small businesses that lose money on one-time customers? Well, think again.

State Policy Analyst Kyla Hoskins speaks about the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange at Progressive 15's Affordable Care Act Summit May 2, 2013, at the Country Steak-Out in Fort Morgan.

For many small business owners, particularly those that have started out as sole operators, transitioning clients to work with other staff can be a challenge.

Small businesses are the engine that keeps a large city like Naperville running, so it's only fitting that they are honored every year.

Patch has launched a new site - smallbusiness.patch.com - to educate and empower small businesses with the digital tools, social media strategies and marketing know-how needed to ensure long-term growth.

Corliss Udoema said she went from a makeshift office in her kitchen to landing multi-million dollar contracts with the federal government, all by using a simple method.