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1 week ago | 
forbes.com | Brandon Kochkodin
A new report from Democratic members of Congress says the Trump administration’s tariffs are already wreaking havoc on small businesses in just the five weeks since the President’s so-called “Liberation Day” announcement. The paper, titled Price Hikes and Layoffs: The Impact of Tariffs and Tariffs Uncertainty on Small Businesses was released on May 5 by the Democratic minority members of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC).
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1 week ago | 
forbes.com | Brandon Kochkodin
Manufacturing companies could soon qualify for bigger Small Business Administration loans. It can’t hurt in the effort to bring production back to the U.S., but small business bankers are backing the proposal for a different reason. On May 2, Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX), Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) introduced the Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act.
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2 weeks ago | 
forbes.com | Brandon Kochkodin
Etsy is betting tariffs could bring new customers to the platform. It could use them. The company, a $4.4 billion (market capitalization) marketplace for handmade and vintage goods, reported first-quarter earnings Wednesday morning that missed Wall Street estimates by a wide margin. It lost 49 cents per share, versus expectations of a 47 cent profit, according to FactSet. It was Etsy’s first negative EPS since the third quarter of 2022.
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2 weeks ago | 
forbes.com.mx | Brandon Kochkodin
Donny McCall llegó a Shark Tank en 2012 con una camioneta y un sueño. Quería 100,000 dólares por el 10% de Invis-A-Rack, un portaequipajes plegable dirigido a profesionales. A los tiburones les gustó lo que vieron, pero detestaron los altos costos de producción que implicó la decisión de McCall de fabricar su producto en su ciudad natal, Sparta, Carolina del Norte. McCall afirmó que sus ingresos fueron de unos 50,000 dólares durante el primer año, a un costo final de 250 dólares por unidad.
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2 weeks ago | 
forbes.com.au | Brandon Kochkodin
Published on April 28, 2025 Donny McCall drove into Shark Tank in 2012 with a pickup truck and a dream. He wanted $100,000 for 10% of Invis-A-Rack, a collapsible cargo rack aimed at tradespeople.
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2 weeks ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Brandon Kochkodin
These small businesses were lucky enough to snag deals on Shark Tank. Tariffs will upend their businesses and suddenly they’re scrambling to survive.
D onny McCall drove into Shark Tank in 2012 with a pickup truck and a dream. He wanted $100,000 for 10% of Invis-A-Rack, a collapsible cargo rack aimed at tradespeople. The sharks liked what they saw but hated the high production costs that came with McCall’s decision to make his product in his hometown of Sparta, North Carolina.
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2 weeks ago | 
forbes.com | Brandon Kochkodin
These small businesses were lucky enough to snag deals on Shark Tank. Tariffs will upend their businesses and suddenly they’re scrambling to survive. Donny McCall drove into Shark Tank in 2012 with a pickup truck and a dream. He wanted $100,000 for 10% of Invis-A-Rack, a collapsible cargo rack aimed at tradespeople. The sharks liked what they saw but hated the high production costs that came with McCall’s decision to make his product in his hometown of Sparta, North Carolina.
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2 weeks ago | 
forbes.com | Brandon Kochkodin
Getting a clear read on the health of small businesses is difficult. Hard data is limited. Most assessments rely on surveys or sentiment indexes. But insights can still be found, especially from publicly trading lenders with a front-row seat to borrowing behavior. Live Oak Bancshares offered one such window into the small business environment on Thursday.
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3 weeks ago | 
forbes.cl | Brandon Kochkodin
Ese título te costará 300.000 dólares o más, incluyendo la pérdida de ingresos. Vale la pena si quieres ascender en la empresa. No tanto si buscas comprar o construir la mayoría de las pequeñas empresas. Hace veinticinco años, después de dejar su trabajo como miembro del personal del Senado, Alan Pentz pasó dos años obteniendo un MBA de la Escuela de Negocios McCombs de la Universidad de Texas en Austin.
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3 weeks ago | 
forbes.com.mx | Brandon Kochkodin
Hace veinticinco años, después de dejar su trabajo como miembro del personal del Senado, Alan Pentz pasó dos años obteniendo un MBA de la Escuela de Negocios McCombs de la Universidad de Texas en Austin. Luego pasó a convertir Corner Alliance en una firma de consultoría gubernamental de $35 millones en ingresos y recientemente se retiró de su gestión diaria para lanzar The Owner Institute , una firma de coaching para otros propietarios de pequeñas empresas.
