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At a town hall at National Small Business Week, some entrepreneurs complain to Karen Mills about access to credit and high health insurance costs.

If you're a little guy, there are plenty of ways to partner with a much larger company. Here are seven.

Many of us dread walking into a room and introducing ourselves to a bunch of strangers. Here's some advice for building professional relationships.

Online classes and night-school courses in programming are hot. But whether entrepreneurs need to be fluent in computer code is still open to debate.

New York investors make predictions as to which sectors will receive funding in the coming year.

In case you missed the one-day event in California this week, catch up with Chris Brogan's keynote and hear from the award winners.

We're heading to Long Beach, Calif., on Wednesday to spotlight growth opportunities in 2012. Plan to watch Chris Brogan's live-streamed keynote speech.

Here's a look at the gift you voted as your favorite in this year's Indie Merchant Holiday Gift Guide.

There are just three short days left to vote for your top choice in our Indie Merchant Holiday Gift Guide. Here's a sneak peek at the scoreboard leaders.

The last item to make our Indie Merchant Holiday Gift Guide is a pair of Zipbuds earphones.

Today's featured item from our Indie Merchant Holiday Gift Guide is this Periodic Table of Elements necklace made by My London Sun.

The next item selected for our Indie Merchant Holiday Gift Guide is this tangy key lime BBQ sauce made by Reva Foods.

Need a present for the smartphone-obsessed person in your life? The latest entrant in our gift guide is this snail-mail stationery made by Red Letter Paper Co.

Today's featured item from our Holiday Gift Guide is a dog treat pouch made by Sara Bella Upcycled.

Today we reveal the latest pick for our gift guide -- a digital luggage scale made by EatSmart Products. Talk about practical!

The next item selected for our Indie Merchant Holiday Gift Guide is a fair-trade certified soccer ball made by Senda Athletics.

Today's featured item from our Holiday Gift Guide is a vegan lip balm set made by Sprout Skincare.

The next item selected for our Indie Merchant Holiday Gift Guide is a necklace made by IBreakPlates.com

Today's featured item from our Holiday Gift Guide is a conversation-starter made by The Man Registry.

The next item selected for our Indie Merchant Holiday Gift Guide is a children's book made by Hartlyn Kids.

It's here! Today we unveil the first gift selected for our Indie Merchant Holiday Gift Guide....The Shopping List Bag, by L.E. Green Bags.

To foster entrepreneurship among minorities and in urban centers, a concentration of wealthy investors and academic, government and business institutions first needs to come together. A recent panel at Rutgers University put a spotlight on the issues.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg urges consumers across the country to support independent merchants on Nov. 26.

The U.K.'s Cherie Blair aims to help the 'missing middles' -- female business owners in developing nations who need help in scaling their growing companies.

We're already thinking about the upcoming holiday season -- and how many of our readers who are independent merchants will fare this year.

High-profile business leaders talk about the challenges facing entrepreneurs at a recent conference in New York.