Small-business owners may not be topping Forbes lists, driving Bentleys, or living in Bel Air mansions. But they’re serious about building their businesses, and there’s an army of them marching up ...

A little more than a year ago, on a trip to Nairobi, Kenya, some colleagues and I met a 12-year-old Masai boy named Richard Turere, who told us a fascinating story. His family raises livestock on the ...