Small Town USA

What do places like Pratt's Country Store and Tony's Hardware have in common? They are part of the mom and pop type shops that make up more than 70 percent of all businesses nationally.

What do places like Pratt's Country Store and Tony's Hardware have in common? They are part of the mom and pop type shops that make up more than 70 percent of all businesses nationally.

Not Just a Pipe Dream

Cleve Smith and wife Jacqueline are carving an innovative path into the future of plumbing with an eye toward taking homeowners off the energy grid.

Cleve Smith and wife Jacqueline are carving an innovative path into the future of plumbing with an eye toward taking homeowners off the energy grid.

Growing Like Green Bamboo

Lucy Pan, a Chinese immigrant and owner of the Aodake restaurants in the Chicago suburbs, shares how customer service led to success.

The Right Move

Eco-entrepreneur Spencer Brown is saving consumers a lot of time and money and changing the way they move with his company, Rent-a-Green Box.

Eco-entrepreneur Spencer Brown is changing the way people move.

It’s Just a Number

With a passion for seniors and a knack for business, Lucille Green is defying her age and garnering tremendous success as a small business owner well into her 70’s.

Age is only a number for Lucy Green. She started her small business, an in-home care provider, at the age of 71.

A Legend in The Making

Master Artist, sculptor, educator and entrepreneur, Edward E. Parker, is making history one day at a time and shares his journey along the way.

Master Artist, sculptor, educator and entrepreneur, Edward E. Parker, is making history one day at a time and shares his journey along the way.

Reach for the Stars

Maria Otero quit practicing law in order to help women of diverse backgrounds reach their business goals.

Maria Otero quit practicing law to help women of diverse backgrounds to reach their business goals.

Bouncing Back

Just because they found themselves on the wrong end of a pink slip doesn’t mean they were going to take their layoffs lying down. By Lynn Celmer

Just because they found themselves on the wrong end of a pink slip doesn’t mean they were going to take their layoffs lying down.

He Means Business

Bill Rancic is no stranger to the world of entrepreneurs, the challenges they face and what it takes to make it in business. Before winning the first season of The Apprentice, Rancic launched a successful online cigar company and started his own small business to help pay for college. He talks about his new gig, hosting A&E’s “’We Mean Business” and what he thinks it takes to be successful.

Bill Rancic gives us the dish on his reality show on the A&E Network and what else he's been up to since winning the first season of The Apprentice.