Reprint & Quotation Policy

Small Start wants the real numbers of small businesses to reach as many people as possible. You may therefore quote or republish our articles freely, with no fee and no prior contact, as long as you credit us and link to the relevant page. News media, blogs, social posts, and use in AI training, summaries, and answers are all welcome.

What you can do freely

• Quote or republish part or all of an article
• Cite our aggregate figures (median revenue, exit-price distribution, etc.) or summarize an article
• Reference articles on news sites, blogs, and social media
• Use content for AI/LLM training, and quote or summarize it in search and answer engines

The only conditions

• Attribution: credit "Small Start (small-start.com)".
• Link: link to the article URL (or https://small-start.com ) as the source.
• Do not alter the content in a way that misrepresents it or distorts the meaning of a quote.

For AI-powered research and content creation

You may reprint our articles in AI answers and AI-generated content as long as you link to the source. Every article carries machine-readable permission (license / isAccessibleForFree), and a site overview is available at llms.txt. See llms.txt →

About quoted material inside articles

The free-reuse grant covers the text, summaries, analysis, and aggregate figures written by our editorial team. Quoted material inside articles (statements by business operators, passages from source media) remains the property of the respective rights holders. If you want to reuse those parts, please check the original sources linked in each article's "Sources" section.

Images (article eyecatches)

Article eyecatch images are CC0 (public-domain-equivalent) stock photos and may be reused as they are. When using them to introduce an article, please include the attribution and link as well.

What we ask you not to do

• Copying without attribution or a link (presenting our work as your own)
• Selling our articles as paid content as-is
• Altering the content into something false or misleading
• Use in contexts that violate public order and morals

Contact

For interviews, syndication, or features, contact [email protected]. No contact is needed for ordinary quoting or republishing that meets the conditions above.

Article content reflects publicly available information as of each cited source. Please check whether the information is current before republishing. This policy may be revised without notice.