small businesses

The term “sober-curious” isn’t new, but over the past few years more Millennials and members of Gen Z are embracing the movement and opting out of the booze on big nights out – and not for the reasons you might think. “I haven’t been drinking for a number of years for no particular reason – like there’s no medical...

Hatch Show Print is a 142-year-old letterpress print shop that is still using a 500-year-old process to make its handmade gig, concert and event posters. Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen and Ozzy Osbourne are just a few of the entertainers whose concert posters have been handcrafted by Hatch Show Print over the years. NBCLX contributor Greg Bledsoe took his...

Sharply higher costs are yet another challenge thrown at business owners by the global pandemic.

One of the lucky Comcast RISE grant recipients are the Verdugo brothers, who are pouring up good vibes and cider at Broski Ciderworks in Pompano Beach.

Sail Freight shipping company in New York delivers goods by sailboat without using fossil fuels to combat climate change.

A New York company is proving there is a green way to move products from one part of the state to another. The business, called Sail Freight, carries products from New York’s Hudson Valley to consumers in New York City, and vice versa, by sailboat and bicycle — and hope to make their model a growing trend.

Comcast RISE, an initiative aimed at empowering small, minority-owned businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic, will be offering $10,000 grants to eligible businesses in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

Comcast RISE, an initiative aimed at empowering small, minority-owned businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic, will be offering $10,000 grants to eligible businesses in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. In total, the Comcast RISE Investment Fund will be committing $1 million in grants to small, minority-owned businesses in Miami-Dade and Broward. The company will be selecting 100 small businesses across both counties…

Chicago’s Boxville started with just one shipping container in the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood that housed a single small business. Today, it has grown into a thriving marketplace that helps entrepreneurs by providing a less expensive way to start a small business. And, in doing so, it’s revitalizing the entire community.

On the South Side of Chicago, a floral business called Southside Blooms is helping at-risk kids to do just that – while beautifying the neighborhood at the same time. NBCLX storyteller Ngozi Ekeledo visited Chicago to find out how this flower business is putting down strong roots in its community.

Hair. It comes in all textures, colors, lengths, types and densities. But for Black women, the topic of hair can be complex — especially when it comes to caring for your natural locs. Enter Kazmaleje, a Miami-based business focused on creating hair tools and products for curly and kinky hair types. The business was launched by three sisters with a…

For Miami-based Kazmaleje, a business focused on creating hair tools for textured hair, the COVID-19 pandemic hit at an especially inopportune time. Owner LaToya Stirrup was committed to pushing through the challenges, however, and found ways to grow the business during the pandemic, thanks to the greater mission behind the business.

NBC 6’s Nathalia Orthiz has the latest on the push for rezoning in Wynwood, where some community leaders say there should be more opportunity for small businesses.

A Miami business owner has a line of communication open with America’s Commander-in-Chief.  “I feel very honored,” said Pilar Guzman, the owner of Half Moon Empanadas on 79th Street near Biscayne Boulevard. Before COVID-19, she had 14 empanada eateries all over Miami-Dade County. When the pandemic hit, she had to close all but two. The federal government’s Payment Protection...

President Joe Biden is targeting more federal pandemic assistance to the nation’s smallest businesses and ventures owned by women and people of color. NBC 6’s Steve Litz spoke to a local business owner

“We’re all figuring out what next week is going to look like day to day.” How can a party-based business pull through a pandemic? That is the question certified balloon artist Ava Sealey, who owns Ava Party Designs in Bethel, has been facing since March. Many small businesses are struggling during the pandemic, but Sealey believes in her business’s...

The coronavirus pandemic is tamping down the joy — and the revenue — associated with the Carnival season in New Orleans

Yelp searches for Black-owned businesses increased 2,400% in 2020.

NBC 6 Investigators found some business owners got as little as $1 in PPP money during the first round.

Businesses across South Florida are now applying to the latest round of the Paycheck Protection Program — but some hope to get much more this time around. Consumer Investigator Sasha Jones found that’s because some business owners got as little as one dollar the first time around.