Anita Campbell, of Small Business Trends LLC, says her biggest mistake was not hiring subcontractors sooner to help build her Web site and generate traffic. Full story »

Drivers will use your car, take you where you want to go and wait for you. The business is the idea of a recent Miami University graduate. Full story »

The number of self-employed people over age 55 grew in 2009. Self-employment among all other groups fell. Full story »

The 100,000 FirstEnergy customers who heat with electricity are getting their deep discounts back, thanks to a PUCO order. What those rates will be next winter is still up in the air, however. Full story »

Huntington Bank plans to boost small-business lending in Greater Cleveland by offering $360 million in new loans to an estimated 2,500 area companies. And it's not disqualifying companies just because they've stumbled during the past two difficult years.  Full story »

Pete and Mike Mitchell, who opened Mitchell's Homemade Ice Cream 10 years ago, have turned their childhood love of ice cream into a thriving business that saw sales soar 12 percent in 2009 in a midst of a brutal recession.  Full story »

As the showroom was readied for its grand opening in November, Cleveland Lighting also revamped other parts of the business. It teamed with a software company to improve inventory control. It spruced up its online lighting products catalogue. The final touch was a new logo. Full story »

More and more companies are encouraging employees to change their lifestyles in hopes they will stay healthier, become more productive and do their part to keep health-care costs down. Full story »

The Cuyahoga County SBDC, a one-stop site for business assistance, will expand services with nearly $500,000 in cash and in-kind services. The National Urban League has pledged $140,000 on behalf of the Greater Cleveland affiliate, which shocked the community in May when it announced plans to close with nearly $3 million in debt. Since then, the 92-year-old organization has been working on a recovery plan. Full story »

"We really had a lot of good customers, but half of them weren't as loyal as they once were, and the economy just put a nail in it," said founder and owner Les Groynom. "One customer told me she was 104th on the (public library's) waiting list to get a particular movie, but she's going to wait" rather than rent from him. Full story »

Payne & Payne Builders Inc., a home builder in Geauga County, believes a recent national award will bring more recognition to the family business and to Northeast Ohio. The company is the National Association of Home Builders' 2009 Custom Home Builder of the Year. Full story »

Local and national groups gather in Cleveland to discuss boosting inner-city economies. Full story »

Owners Renee and Raymond Cash Jr. feared that the notoriety of the Anthony Sowell case would destroy their business. But sales have not slipped, and Ray's now hopes to move and expand. Full story »

Cindy Lowry's Blossom Bucket Inc. now employees 25 people and operates a 50,000-square-foot warehouse. And it just got a big-time client: Hallmark. Full story »

Embrace Pet Insurance is among the first 40 companies to receive a total of $14.4 million in start-up capital from JumpStart Inc., a Cleveland venture development organization started primarily by economic development officials concerned about Cleveland s future. Full story »