Some franchises can cost millions to buy into. Thankfully, there are alternatives. These franchise businesses are some of the cheapest to buy into.

Trendy startups capture all of the spotlight, but chances are you can make more money with a boring local business. A commercial cleaning business owner recently made that claim, saying his cleaning ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Burgess Heberer, a 37-year-old business owner, based in Santa Claus, Indiana. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I loved my old ...