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Entrepreneurship

The Great American Start-Up: 2025 Set a Record, and 2026 Is Running Hotter

Americans filed more applications to start a business last year than in any year on record. This year is on pace to beat it. Here is who is starting, where, and what the numbers quietly reveal.

Oct 17, 20266 min read

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Small Business

The Solo Economy: 32 Million One-Person Businesses and a $1.86 Trillion Engine

Four out of five small businesses in America have no employees. Most are modest, a few are remarkable, and together they form one of the largest and least understood forces in the economy.

Oct 16, 20266 min read

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AI in Business

AI Has Reached Main Street: One in Four Businesses Now Uses It

In less than a year, the share of American businesses using artificial intelligence jumped by more than a third. The surprise is who is keeping pace: the very smallest firms.

Oct 15, 20265 min read

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Earn From Home

Earning From Home in 2026: What Is Real, What Pays, and the Red Flags to Know

More than a third of working Americans now do some of their work from home, and one in five adults earns on the side. Here is the clear-eyed picture, plus the warning signs that cost people $750 million in a single year.

Oct 14, 20266 min read

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