Check out the best stories of the week of May 2 from Your Business, the Globe's home for entrepreneurs. Read our columnists, view archives of discussions, and connect through social media on the Your Business homepage.
Post-election wish list: Stability, consistency. Owners of small businesses would like more than lip service to their needs, and a steady hand on the economic tiller.
Not every energy bar's got the power. It takes more than a good product and local success to reach big retailers. The struggles of three firms to get noticed.
Photos: Meet BDC's 2011 Young Entrepreneur Awards winners.
Awesome office salutes industry and imagination. Metal shipping containers. Recycled wood desks. Shiny tool chests for every employee. Not exactly your average office space.
A non-toxic place to lay your head. Entrepreneur's creation of all-natural mattresses and pillows grew out of relative's cancer diagnosis
Flash fashion sites migrate to Canada. Websites are following in others' high-heeled footsteps to offer discounted sales of big brand labels
Voracious new hard drives dare you to fill them. If you have 1,000 movies you need to put into digital storage, the terabyte is the modern version of the endless closet
Help wanted (regular joes need not apply). Employers who seek creative problem-solvers should take creative steps to find them
The worst sin of a CEO: pride. Pride is the deadliest of sins among business leaders, says Jeffrey Gandz, a professor at the Ivey School.
Real estate: long flip versus quick flip. A fix-up and quick sale doesn't cut it for this entrepreneur, who rents out her renovated properties for five to 10 years before cashing in.
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