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Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 11/14

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Bush talks up free market economics, Obama pushes to double the automaker bailout, SBA works to increase loan capital, small business proves to be the greatest innovative force in the economy and much more.


Tags: small business, bush, obama, paulson, capitalism, automakers, bailout, sba, taxes, patents, innovation, treasury department, consumer spending, unemployment, family leave, midnight rules, 401(k), barter

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Posted: 11/14/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 11/13

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: entrepreneurial immigrants, a bailout for automakers, stocks rebound, Bush comments on the economic crisis, unemployment rises, advice from the SBA, digital marketing and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, entrepreneurial immigrants, democrats, automakers, bailout, free market, financial crisis, stocks, consumer spending, unemployment, insurance, healthcare, competition, sba, capital, microsoft, cybercrooks, direct mail, email, e-mail, digital marketing, dollar menu

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Posted: 11/13/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 11/10

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Obama on the fast track, healthcare and unions, post disaster contracts for small business, productivity and cutbacks, running your business like the mafia and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, unions, healthcare, sba, post-disaster contracts, productivity, mafia, layoffs, tax deductions, legal advice, lawsuits, travel deduction, hsa, sales, online sales, niche marketing

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Posted: 11/10/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 11/06

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Small business reflects on the new administration and how Obama should help, oil keeps dropping, tax breaks, government contracts, social media, Family Guy and much more.


Tags: small business, obama administration, entrepreneurs, financial crisis, oil, unemployment, credit cards, sba, government contracts, women business owners, irs, taxes, scheduling, commissions, crm, stolen equipment, family guy, performance advertising, social media, email, behavioral targeting, google adwords, marketing, local search

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Posted: 11/6/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Ed
Ed H

Opportunities for Small Business on the Horizon

Chad Moutray from the SBA's Office of Advocacy has identified five opportunities coming in the next decade that small business owners can look forward to exploring.


Tags: small business, sba, office of advocacy, chad moutray, investment, technology, innovation, economic gardening, international markets, women, minorities, education, training

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Posted: 11/6/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

SBA Asks Lenders to Offer Loan Deferment Relief

The SBA is now working with its lenders to provide some relief for small businesses hit hard by the current economic climate, but is it enough? You be the judge.


Tags: small business, sba, loans, deferment, relief

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Posted: 10/22/2008 | Comments Comments (1) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Business.gov: Your Tax Dollars at Work

The Small Business Administration in partnership with twenty one federal agencies has developed a website that will offer more regulatory help to small business than ever was available before.


Tags: small business, sba, business.gov, regulation

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Posted: 10/14/2008 | Comments Comments (3) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Stacking the Deck Against Small Business—Again!

The folks in Congress can't seem to keep from doing as much harm as good. New legislation to reauthorize the SBA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs has a poison pill in it that should worry any small business owner trying to compete for government contracts.


Tags: small business, congress, sba, small business innovation research, sbir, small business technology transfer, sttr

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Posted: 10/8/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Nominations for Review and Reform: The Second Year of the r3 Initiative

It is time for the voice of small business to he heard! The Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration is once again seeking nominations of federal rules in need of review and reform. This is your chance to nominate a rule that you feel needs to modified or pulled off the books entirely.


Tags: small business, regulation, sba, r3, 2009

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Posted: 9/24/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

The SBA’s Top Ten for Regulatory Review and Reform

Small Businesses pay about 45% more per employee for regulation compliance than big businesses do, but the SBA is working to ease that burden. Take a look at how they are doing.


Tags: small business, regulation, sba, r3

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Posted: 8/28/2008 | Comments Comments (1) | Print Print Article

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Charles C

SBA Partnership with the U.S. Navy Spells Opportunity for Small Business

The Small Business Administration and the U.S. Department of the Navy have signed an Agreement to improve federal contracting opportunities for small businesses participating in the SBA's 8(a) Business Development program. Learn what this could mean to you and how to take advantage of the opportunities that arise from supplying our Navy and Marine Corps.


Tags: small business, sba, navy, procurement, 8(a) business development plan

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Posted: 7/14/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

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