Birmingham Small Business.com

CNN Money:

StartupJournal.com, which launched in 1999, was a portal for small-business owners and entrepreneurs and offered expert guidance to help them survive and grow in a competitive business environment. Recently, in an expansion of The Wall Street Journal Online’s small business content, StartupJournal.com has been incorporated into a new, free small business channel on WSJ.com called Entrepreneur (www.wsj.com/entrepreneur).

“Entrepreneur reflects the depth and extent of The Wall Street Journal Online’s small business coverage, which goes beyond the start-up stage,” said David Patton, Assistant Managing Editor, WSJ.com, who oversaw the relaunch efforts. “We’re excited to offer a free channel featuring The Wall Street Journal’s complete coverage of small business issues, from the earliest planning stages to financing growth and expansion — everything a small business owner or entrepreneur needs to know to succeed.”

The new Entrepreneur channel at www.wsj.com/entrepreneur is organized into tabs or sections including Financing, Running a Business, On Technology, Building Awareness, Franchising, and Small Business Link. Within these sections, the Entrepreneur channel offers:

• Ideas for starting or buying a business, including many of the nation’s hottest franchise and business opportunities, and the Internet’s largest database of businesses for sale.

• Informative small business reports and columns including the “Small Talk” question-and-answer column by Kelly Spors and “Enterprise” by Wendy Bounds.

• Extensive resources to help entrepreneurs research the market, secure financing, hire employees and run an enterprise.

• Videos and podcasts featuring interviews and advice from small business owners.

• Small business tools — create a business plan online, find free local business assistance, identify investment opportunities and research trade shows and events related to your business.