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Who We Are

The Balance Small Business makes launching and managing your own business easy. It is home to experts who provide clear, practical advice on entrepreneurship and management. Whether you’re just starting up or you want to take your company to the next level, our 20-year-strong library of more than 7,000 pieces of content will answer your questions and turn your business dreams into reality.

Editorial Guidelines

At The Balance Small Business, we take great pride in the quality of our content. Our writers create original, accurate, engaging content that is free of ethical concerns or conflicts. If you ever come across an article that you think needs to be improved,

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Our product reviews are independent and based on research and product testing — if you visit links within our content, we may receive commissions from your purchases, but we never receive any compensation or consideration for the content of our recommendations.

Diversity & Inclusion

The Balance Small Business is committed to helping you grow your business. But we know many of our answers do not include solutions for readers underserved by the business and financial industry and publishing community. There are more complex challenges facing our Black, Indigenous, and other Readers of Color, and we must address these challenges in our content or we fail our core mission.