Washington Post biz publication starts site for entrepreneurs

Capitol Business, the weekly business newspaper published by The Washington Post, is launching a website for news about entrepreneurs called On Small Business.

Dan Beyers, the editor of Capitol Business, writes, “There’s been a lot of discussion around Washington these days about the vital role Main Street plays in the national economy, and what the government should — and should not — do to help. We want to connect those broad policy debates to the everyday realities of small-business owners.

“One way we will do this is by hosting a weekly forum on these pages with small-business leaders on important issues of the day. We also plan daily coverage, advice columns and more.

“On Small Business is meant to complement our regular coverage in Capital Business. Managing Editor V. Dion Haynes will oversee the effort, and we have hired two terrific journalists to report and produce the page. J.D. Harrison has been an assistant editor at Portfolio.com in New York, writing about technology and small business. Olga Khazan is a recent graduate of the Annenberg School of Journalism at the University of Southern California. She has blogged for Forbes and is a former Washington Post intern.

“They’ll help us set the template for this channel, one we feel has an important mission: We live in an entrepreneurial age, a time when it has become increasingly imperative for each and every one of us to take charge of our careers.”

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