Top 10 Trends in Small Business Sales

What's the best way to drive sales today? Our experts give you the plan.

The Rule of One

When you try to do too much, you reach nobody. This strategy helps you focus and boost sales. Here's how it helped one entrepreneur go from $0 to $4,985 in a month.

Read This Before Meeting a Franchisor

Thinking about buying a franchise? You should meet the franchisor—and you should know exactly how to approach that meeting—to ensure you're making the right decision.

A Very Profitable Work Ethic

How do you run a brand's highest-grossing franchise location? This former cop has an answer: Get your hands dirty.

Boost Your Sales

Ready to grow your revenues and earnings? This magazine is your guide.

The Simplest Growth Tool

If you want to create long-term value, start replying to everyone you hear from.

Confessions of a Former Retail Buyer

I used to place brands on Target shelves. Here's what founders always got wrong about retail—and how you can set yourself up for success.

How to Tell Your Brand's Story

Your company does many things, but you must communicate it all in just a few words. Donald Miller does that better than anyone.

A $3 Million Pool-Cleaning Business

You don't need to be an expert to be a successful franchisee. Just look at Tiffiny Consoli, a pool rookie who is now Pool Scouts' top franchisee.

Be a Doer, Not a Dreamer

How do you build a great brand? The same way you build a great body. This former championship bodybuilder (and Hotworx founder) explains.

EARLY WARNINGS

New technologies promise to catch more cancers sooner. But such screening can pose hidden hazards.

TARIFF MEN

President Trump’s McKinley fixation and the demise of liberal internationalism.

SPECIAL PEOPLE

What we talk about when we talk about genius.

SOLO FLIGHTS

Jean Smart in “Call Me Izzy” and John Krasinski in ‘Angry Alan.”

TRUMP'S TO-UNDO LIST

Abolish amendments. Makes Constitution look weak. I read Constitution. I read passages, I read areas, chapters. Nobody reads Constitution more than me! Nobody even knows what the Fourteenth means. Let's go back to first draft!

LADIES' NIGHT

The Portland bar that screens only women's sports.

Molly Fischer on Mark Singer's “Mom Overboard!”

There are plenty of old magazine stories I love, but I also love old magazines themselves.

HELP WANTED

The history of advice columns.

MOVE FAST AND BREAK THINGS

What did Elon Musk accomplish at the Department of Government Efficiency?

Play on Words

A Eurydice production that’s lush with language.

Social Media and Protest User to Go Together Not anymore.

SINCE THE 2010s, social media has been identified with protesters. In the early years, this was intuitive. Protest movements wanted attention, but mainstream media outlets were often slow or reluctant to give it to them, unless, of course, things got out of hand, at which point they would get plenty.

The Black Box on Federal Plaza

ICE’s downtown offices are becoming a de facto detention center.

Pablo Torre

The podcaster's obsession with Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson's relationship is exasperating critics, but he's not mad about the publicity.

The War Crimes in Plain Sight

How Israel, with the help of the U.S., broke not only Gaza but the foundations of humanitarian law.

Appealing Pieces for Petite Balconies

Designers and tasteful apartment dwellers share the furniture that has made their tiny outdoor spaces worthy of spending time in.

Jason Isaacs Might Say Too Much

The White Lotus made him go viral, but the actor has been stirring up trouble onscreen for decades. What he's seen behind the scenes is crazier.

Attention Seeking

Amid a growing awareness of our dwindling ability to focus, people are trying to reverse the damage, with mixed results.

Stuck

Stick can’t escape the trauma plot.

HEADPHONES ON

How Addison Rae went from TikTok to the pop charts.

ANY HUMAN HEART

Rossi's Auto Repair and Full Service Gas had been there for as long as Maureen had been a resident of this New Jersey town.