Small Business

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, the holiday shopping season begins in earnest. You’re likely familiar with Black Friday, but shop owners in the Treasure Valley are hoping that you’ll also come out on Small Business Saturday.

Stanley Mayor Steve Botti says that small businesses in the Sawtooth Valley town lost about $1.5 million dollars in revenue from the Wapiti fire that has burned more than 128,000 acres with 85% containment.

The four sisters behind a beloved local bakery share a sweet success with the opening of their second location yesterday in Boise.

Idaho has a new Regional Administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration. Beto Yarce has taken on the job of overseeing region 10, which includes Idaho, Oregon, Alaska, and Washington.

Thanks to the success of her beadwork business, owner Mikailah Thompson was able to start a creative agency for Native artists.

Entrepreneurship is thriving in the rural Mountain West, according to a new index released by the e-commerce company Shopify. The data comes as new business applications are on the rise nationwide.

Two Boise locals have come up with a new way to support small businesses.

The space highlights Idaho's small business culture in a common space built for everyone's interests.

Idaho Matters checks in with the owners of Spacebar Arcade in downtown Boise to learn how the small business is recovering from months of being closed due to the pandemic.

At the end of 2020, optimism within the nation’s small business owners cratered, reaching its lowest point since May. But as Troy Oppie reports, Idaho…