Bruce Crumley

2 weeks ago | inc.com | Bruce Crumley

Despite what’s looking like an increasingly heated trade war between Washington and Beijing, evidence indicates a lot fewer U.S. businesses are pulling out of China than the White House may have expected when it targeted the country with tariffs. Indeed, recent reports suggest a majority of American companies are doubling down on their Chinese engagements, despite the increasingly contentious international atmosphere and U.S. executives’ views of the country as a major geopolitical risk.

2 weeks ago | inc.com | Bruce Crumley

Founders of young companies are famous for doing whatever it takes to drive their businesses to success. Last year, a lot of U.S. entrepreneurs found a new way to help their startups thrive—paying themselves less than they did in 2023 for the long hours they put in. That self-sacrificing trend was the major finding in the fifth annual Founder Salary Report by startup and small business accounting company Pilot.

2 weeks ago | inc.com | Bruce Crumley

Owners of small U.S. companies are very aware of President Donald Trump’s broad and steep import tariffs, and—much like corporate leaders, investors, and consumers—they also very worried about them. That was the main finding of the latest new monthly survey by the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB), which recorded the biggest single drop in the confidence among the nation’s entrepreneurs since mid-2022.

2 weeks ago | inc.com | Bruce Crumley

For decades, big venture capital firms were the financial straw that both stirred and sipped the heady brew of startup success in Silicon Valley and across the U.S. But now some of those bigger funds are suffering from their own stunning growth and accumulated wealth. One indicator is the growing number of top senior partners walking away in search of new horizons, including VC startups of their own.

2 weeks ago | inc.com | Bruce Crumley

Drone company Zipline will start carrying Walmart packages in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, a market of about 1.8 million households. BY BRUCE CRUMLEY @BRUCEC_INCAPR 8, 2025A Zipline container drone delivers a package to a front gate. Photo: Courtesy companyListen to this ArticleMore infoZipline has vastly expanded its drone delivery work for Walmart, and is now flying alongside Alphabet-owned Wing to help the retailer cover a potential 1.8 million homes in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.