Coverage of the earliest stage of a company: proving demand, choosing a legal structure, setting terms with a first customer, and raising money from banks, grants or revenue instead of investors. Written for people starting a business alongside a job, and for the advisers guiding them.
Entrepreneurship through acquisition trades the startup grind for an operating company with customers, cash flow, and a history you did not create.
Priya Vaithilingam · September 20, 2026
The chief minister used World Bamboo Day to frame bamboo as a jobs and entrepreneurship engine. The message matters less for what it says than for what it leaves out.
Priya Vaithilingam · September 18, 2026
The Federal Reserve left its benchmark rate unchanged on July 29, keeping SBA 7(a) borrowing pinned to a 6.75% prime rate and leaving open the chance the next move is up, not down.
Priya Vaithilingam · August 12, 2026
Investors triage decks in minutes — the survive-or-die slides are the problem, the traction, and the arithmetic of the ask.
Priya Vaithilingam · July 27, 2026
Venture money buys speed with ownership and control; bootstrapping buys independence with time — the honest comparison is priced in years and percentage points.
Tanya Brooks · July 5, 2026