Policy changes, climate disruption, staffing shortages and housing costs are reshaping the risks of owning or starting a gateway business.
- Clinical Associate Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Rhode Island
Ending production of the 1-cent coin will save the government money and could streamline big retailers’ operations. But it could also pinch small businesses and cash-reliant consumers.
Retiring is never easy – but for small business owners, today’s economic climate is making it even harder to step away.
Donald Trump is acting like the classic patriarch of a family business − and he’s not the only politician to do so.



