In this week's edition of Bloomberg Venture, Cris Valerio talks with OpenSky founder and CEO John Caplan about the online commerce company's plan to turn bloggers into salespeople.

In this week's edition of Bloomberg Venture, Cris Valerio talks with OpenSky founder and CEO John Caplan about the online commerce company's plan to turn bloggers into salespeople.

In this week's edition of Bloomberg Venture, Cris Valerio talks with OpenSky founder and CEO John Caplan about the online commerce company's plan to turn bloggers into salespeople.

In this week's edition of Bloomberg Venture, Cris Valerio talks with OpenSky founder and CEO John Caplan about the online commerce company's plan to turn bloggers into salespeople.

The online lending service is thriving by making loans to struggling small companies. Its founder wants to turn it into a matchmaking system for business borrowers and lenders

President Barack Obama is proposing to expand tax cuts for businesses and boost federal spending on the nation’s transportation system to help bolster an economy that’s losing jobs heading into the November congressional elections.

The mobile software company's 25-year-old co-founder and chief executive talks about Facebook Places, Apple's iPad, and the challenges of persuading small businesses to advertise

The number of Americans who were self-employed dropped in August to the lowest level in eight years, showing the economic recovery is not strong enough to nurture new businesses

Tragedy led Goldman Sachs analyst Monique Péan to make jewelry as a form of therapy. Now Michelle Obama wears her pieces

The senator wants the Federal Reserve to look more closely at credit-card issuers marketing business cards to consumers

Drawing on his working experience with food producers affected by recalls, Carmine Gallo offers pointers on dealing with an industry-wide crisis

To increase your odds of getting paid, act quickly. Maintaining a credit policy can help you avoid getting into the situation, experts say

Small companies are desperate for growth capital, but banks and investors remain cautious, says Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project's John Paglia

President Barack Obama said his economic advisers will examine “additional measures” to promote hiring and growth and urged Senate Republicans to drop their “blockade” of a measure to help small businesses.

The United Arab Emirates is in the final stages of enacting new laws and updating existing regulations to boost investor confidence in the second-largest economy in the Persian Gulf, Minister of Economy Sultan Bin Saeed al-Mansouri was cited as saying by the WAM news agency.

The would-be seller should hire savvy representation and consider bringing on investors or borrowing money, experts say