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However, there are other risks associated with being a sole proprietor that should be considered.

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

For Joshua Pollack, the New Jersey-born proprietor of Rosenberg’s Bagels & Delicatessen in Denver, making an authentic New York bagel starts with producing authentic New York water, which many consider essential.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026

An affable, hyper-knowledgeable proprietor in his early 30s, Richardson repairs and resells analog music technology from the 1980s or earlier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026

Family and friends were able to support borrowers through new, so-called joint borrower, sole proprietor mortgages.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026

Geyer showed his photographs to the hotel’s proprietor, a Mrs. Rodius, who recognized Holmes and Yoke but not the children.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

They play Bertha and Seth Holley, the married proprietors of the boarding house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

Bucket shop patrons were positioned heavily for Amalgamated to rise, so the proprietors shorted the stock “to establish as low a quotation as possible,” the Journal wrote.

From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026

This should lead to, among other thing, higher after-tax earnings for sole proprietors and small firms; stronger loan demand for community banks; and better exit economics for early stage investors, SocGen reckons.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 27, 2025

But sole proprietors have to pay both parts of the self-employment tax on all income, whereas S corps can get a break here.

From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2024

There were no pheasant-shooting proprietors then, to see that the undergrowth was thinned, and not one thousandth part of the number of the present-day timber merchants who prune judiciously at the few remaining woods.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White