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Building off its incredible success funding entrepreneurs in the developing world, the microloan company has turned its eye toward America, where it is giving loans in cities like New Orleans and Detroit. Microfinance platform Kiva has proven many times over that people are willing to give $25 microloans to entrepreneurs in developing countries .

Back in the 1910s, my Grandpa Jack was working in a shoe store, but he had bigger aspirations. So, he put a few machines in the back of the store and made socks and stockings on the side. As business picked up, he started building his own textiles factories, one of which I worked at during college.

U.S. products almost certainly have a market across the pond.

Preparing to launch your start-up means more than simply making sure you have a viable product and potential customers. Here are five tips on how to prepare yourself to be a founder. John Bradberry was fascinated by the idea of how someone may prepare to start a company.

The number of small businesses filing for protection has dropped from last year, though it's still higher than pre-recession. The number of small businesses that filed for protection under bankruptcy law fell 15 percent in the first quarter of 2011 from a year earlier, accoding to data released by Equifax

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More than 20 percent are seeing drops of more than 25 percent. One in five small businesses are reporting that profits are plummeting by more than 25 percent compared to last year, says a new survey

From online deal sites and gamification to digital marketing and online payments, these Internet companies are reaping all of the benefits with none of the brick and mortar overhead. Paul Hurley, CEO New York City No. 1 2010 Revenue: $77.7 million Three-Year Growth: 40,882% Founded in 2006 and based in New York City, ideeli has pioneered the idea of the flash deals site and is the Inc.

One rabbi, who gets his insurance through a corporation he formed, is willing to marry for a good deal. Some company owners will go to great lengths to save money, and then there's Rabbi Craig Ezring.

He also announced the SBA will double its investment in rural small business over the next five years. President Barack Obama told an audience in rural Iowa that economic recovery must be led by small businesses and entrepreneurs and "isn't going to be driven by Washington." Obama was opening a forum on the rural economy at Northeast Community College in Peosta on his second of three days travelling by bus through the Midwest. Tuesday he also announced that the Small Business Administration will double its current rate of investment in rural small businesses to $350 million over the next five years.

In 2005, 85 percent of business owners were optimistic about the future. It's a tie between small business owners who think the economy and their small businesses will improve—and those who think both will tank, says a new report. The latest edition of American Express Open's semi-annual Small Business Monitor suggests small business optimism has not recovered from the hit it took in 2008.

How did a crew of former art and film students with no management or bar experience become dedicated owners of four iconic East Coast hangouts? As a kid , Paul Kermizian was younger than most everyone else at the local arcade

If you are considering buying company cars or expanding your current fleet, here's a look at three cars worth the investment.