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History can teach many lessons about starting and running a small business. In many ways, the history of civilization is interwoven with the history of small farms, tradesmen and merchants.
Featured Resources for History
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How Ben Franklin Used a 21st Century Approach to Create His 18th Century Business Success
Benjamin Franklin’s key to business success was a strategy that can look familiar to a 21st century business owner.
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8 U.S. Presidents Who Started and Ran Businesses
There are only a few presidents who started businesses, and not all of those were successful. Here are some who tried and succeeded, others who tried and failed.
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Freshmen U.S. Representatives with Business Ownership Experience
A list of the new members of the U.S. House of Representatives with business ownership on their bios.
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Benjamin Franklin Never Sought a Patent or Copyright
Benjamin Franklin never sought a patent or copyright. “As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously,” he wrote in his autobiography.
Bloomberg’s Game Changers – Online Video Worth Bookmarking
Each Bloomberg Game Changer documentary provides a tight look at the leaders of some of the most successful businesses of the current era.
The Role of Barbershops in the History of African-American Entrepreneurship
A new book describes how the black-owned barbershop became one of the first ways African-American men become entrepreneurs.