I stopped by the King of Pops stand on the corner of North Avenue and North Highland Avenue in Atlanta, Ga. one weekend to talk with entrepreneur and popsicle-slinger Steven Carse about how he began his now-thriving business.

When small business owners become big business owners.

Author Ann Patchett has a piece in the newest issue of The Atlantic explaining why and how she opened up a bookstore in Nashville, Tenn. after the two bookstores in the city shuttered its doors.

How Dave Wirth started The School of Feedback Guitar, and began offering guitar lessons.

... When I Eventually Abandon My Moral Compass And Set Out to Claim My Piece of the Pie

This week's issue of TIME has a story about "cash mobs" (subscription required), which are basically organized groups of people who get together on a certain day and time to spend money at a local, independently owned store.

In March, we applied, and somehow finagled our way into an upcoming festival in Cleveland that will happen in May. This is what it cost.

In 2009, Emma McElfresh opened her first Etsy shop while working as a librarian for a private boarding school. McElfresh's second shop, The Written Nerd, was born when she started to repurpose old library catalog cards into jewelry—which sold very quickly.