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You Can Borrow Small Amounts of Business Capital Now

Jerry Chautin | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Women’s Business Centers, Small Business Loans, Working Capital, Obama Administration, Obama, Loan Application, Lenders, SBA 7a, Working Capital Loans, Small Business Owners, Score, SBA Express Loans, Business News, Recovery Act, Innovative Bank, Borrego Express Capital Lending, Borrego Springs Bank, Sbdc, Start Up Loans, SBA Loans, Stimulus, Superior Financial Group, Barack Obama, Pilot Program, Credit Score, Technical Assistance Providers, Borrowing Money, Lending Programs, Credit Scoring, Banks, Equipment Loans, Sba, Business Loans, Small Business Development Centers, Hubzones, Community Express, Small Business, Sfg, Business News
Jerry Chautin

Although small business, economic stimulus lending is being widely criticized, $5,000 to $25,000 is available to you if you have a reasonable credit score and meet basic underwriting criteria.

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Commercial Real Estate: 90% Financing at Low Rates Is Possible

Jerry Chautin | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Commercial Real Estate, Business Condo, Financing, Loan Fees, 7(A), President Barack Obama, Working Capital, Office Building, Cdc, Conventional Loans, Obama Administration, Obama Stimulus, Franchise, Cash Flow, Skating Rink, Certified Development Companies, 80%, Small Business Owners, Warehouse and Retail Store, Credit, Restaurant, 7a, Values, Borrowing Money, Loans, Vacancies, 90%, Business News, Operating Costs, Job Creation, Sba, Bowling Alley, 504, Small Business, Business News
Jerry Chautin

The lesser-known 504 program from the U.S. Small Business Administration can be ideal for small-business owners to buy, build or rehabilitate commercial buildings.

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Federal Contracting: End SBA's Procurement Role

Jerry Chautin | Posted 10.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Minority Business, SBA Administrator, Federal Contracts, Federal Agency, Veteran Owned Business, Bidding for Prime Contracts, Federal Procurement, Loan Guaranty, Karen Mills, The American Small Business League, Asbl, Federal Government, Subcontracting, Contracting Fraud, U.S. Small Business Administration, Disadvantaged Business, Procurement, Sba, Contracting, Defense Department, Procurement Officers, Disabled Veteran, Dod, Albert Einstein, Hubzones, Business News
Jerry Chautin

Should the U.S. Small Business Administration be in the business of helping small-business owners procure federal contracts?

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Colorado's Recovery Requires More Lending to Small Businesses

Jim Thomas | Posted 10.06.2009 | Denver

Read More: Recovery, Small Business, Arc, Lending, Jobs, Colorado, Sba, Recession, Unemployment, Colorado Economy, Economic Recovery, Job Creation, Denver News
Jim Thomas

We don't need to resolve a complex national debate on health care to help small companies. Easier access to cash will enable emerging companies to start hiring and our Colorado economy to start climbing.

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Jobs: Optimism Has Employers Hiring Again

Jerry Chautin | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Independent Contractor, Fair Labor Standards Act, Child Labor, Minimum Wage, Florida, Overtime Wages, Workers’ Compensation, Labor Department, Irs, Employment, Business News, Jobs, Sba, Payroll Tax, Small Business, Business News
Jerry Chautin

Employers who think they can avoid payroll tax and employee benefits by mischaracterizing independent contractors may be in for a surprise. The IRS, Labor Department, and even local state governments may disagree and the consequences can be severe.

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Your Tax Dollars Are Paying for the SBA to Post Videos on YouTube!

Susan Wilson Solovic | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, SBTV.Com, Youtube, Federal Reserve, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, Obama Administration, Funding, Sba, Business News
Susan Wilson Solovic

Small business owners who are hanging on for dear life won't find any answers on the SBA's YouTube channel.

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Small-Business Advice is on the Way

Jerry Chautin | Posted 09.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Score, Women's Business, President Obama, Obama Administration, Economic Recovery, Obama, Sba, Export, Barack Obama, Recession, Veterans, Sbdc, Business News
Jerry Chautin

Even if you cannot afford a blue-chip board of directors, there is a village of mentors willing to help existing and startup businesses succeed.

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SBA's ARC Loans Are Stimulating the Wrong Businesses

Jerry Chautin | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Banks, Lenders, Taxpayer Money, SCORE Mentor, Sba, Arc Loans, Stimulus, Taxpayers, Karen Mills, Business News
Jerry Chautin

SBA expects 60 percent of its ARC loans to go into default even though principal payments are not due for 12 months. So save this column to help you remember why you should be outraged.

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Banks Don't Differentiate Between Successful Business and Suffering Industries

Grant Cardone | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Sell to Survive, Sba, Banks, Banks Stockpile, Bad Loans, Mortgage Defaults, Banks and Lending, Grant Cardone, Small Business Administration, Government and Banks, Business News
Grant Cardone

Small businesses that depend on borrowed money to grow are unable access credit because banks are unable to see the difference between profitable companies and damaged industries.

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Lending: Banks Worry about SBA's Guaranty

Jerry Chautin | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Inspector General, Small Business, Small Business Administration, Lenders, Lending, Loans, Banks, Sba, Loan Programs, Recovery Act, Arc Loans, Patriot Express, Arc, Business News
Jerry Chautin

SBA's loan programs are less effective because lenders fear may find a reason not to honor its guaranty.

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Obama Administration Policies Could Be Big Problem for Small Businesses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Lack of Oversight, Small Business, Abuse, Prcurement, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Sba, Lloyd Chapman, Contracting, American Small Business League, Loopholes, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The Obama Administration released the federal government's latest statistics on the volume of contracts awarded to small businesses. Small business owners were stunned, angered and disappointed.

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Small Business Administration Continues to Fabricate Contracting Data

Chris Gunn | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Chris Gunn, Sba, Asbl, Fraud, American Small Business League, Contracting, Small Business, Business News
Chris Gunn

Despite a mountain of evidence for the diversion of billions of dollars in federal small business contracts to large corporations, the Small Business Administration refuses to acknowledge the extent of the problems.

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Mainstream Media Should Expose Billions In Abuses In Government Small Business Contracting

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fraud, Abuse, Asbl, Lloyd Chapman, Obama, Obama Administration, Sba, Contracting, American Small Business League, Politics News
Lloyd Chapman

For the ninth consecutive year, the Small Business Administration (SBA) has released fabricated and inflated data on the volume of federal contracts awarded to small businesses.

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Obama Administration Fabricates Small Business Contracting Data

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Abuse, Federal Government, Small Business Administration, Freedom of Information Act, Business News, Sba, Asbl, Contracting, American Small Business League, Loopholes, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Under Obama, the same Fortune 500 firms that were allowed to receive small business contracts during the Bush Administration continue to receive federal small business contracts.

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Commercial Real Estate Is an Impending Disaster

Jerry Chautin | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Atlanta, Rent, Equitable Building, Talf, Credit Crunch, Cmbs, Insurance Companies, Deutsche Bank, Score, Wall Street Crisis, Developers, Investor, Sba, Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Great Mall, Barack Obama Administration, Financial Institutions, Landlords, Capmark, Reit, Business News
Jerry Chautin

Many of us know of people who have lost their homes through foreclosure. To a lesser extent we hear about struggling commercial properties vying for a limited pool of tenants.

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Obama Administration Rhetoric Inconsistent with Small Business Policies

Chris Gunn | Posted 09.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Barack Obama, Economy, Middle Class, Sba, Contracting, Procurement, American Small Business League, Business News
Chris Gunn

Thus far, the Obama administration has failed to follow-though on a majority of its promises to the small business community.

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SBA Goes to Federal Court of Appeals to Withhold Phone Records

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Long Island Business Journal, Small Business, Abuse, Mike Stamler, Federal, Economy, Middle Class, Obama Administration, Sba, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Lawsuit, Government, Fraud, Barack Obama, Phone Records, Contracting, Procurement, Purchasing, American Small Business League, Legal Battle, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Anytime you want to look at what the Small Business Administration is doing, you have to go to federal court to get it. Clearly they have something to hide.

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Obama Administration Stalls the Release of Small Business Contracting Data, According to the American Small Business League

Chris Gunn | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Scorecard, Small Business, Abuse, Goaling Report, Barack Obama, Sba, Obama Administration, Lloyd Chapman, Asbl, Contracting, Procurement, Loopholes, American Small Business League, President, Business News
Chris Gunn

Since 2003, over a dozen federal investigations found billions of dollars in federal small business contracts have wound-up in the hands of corporate giants.

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Mr. President: Turbodog is My Rose Garden Beer Choice

Jerry Chautin | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Small Business Administration, Rose Garden, White House Garden, President Obama, Washington DC, Sba, Obama, Stimulus, Karen Mills, Sgt. James Crowley, Obama Crowley Gates Beer, Obama Beer, Henry Louis Gates, Business News
Jerry Chautin

Turbodog creates a pleasant stimulant-sensation at the back of my throat that metaphorically represents the stimulus needed by the small-business community.

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Small Businesses Short Changed on Stimulus Funds

Chris Gunn | Posted 08.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Lack of Oversight, Small Business, Economic Stimulus Package, Abuse, Barack Obama, Economy, Small Business Administration, Middle Class, Sba, Economic Stimulus, Lloyd Chapman, American Small Business League, Loopholes, Mark Deo, Business News
Chris Gunn

When small businesses thrive, our economy grows. Yet today, millions of these businesses are being threatened by the very plan that was supposedly intended to help them.

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Who Are the Real Small Business Advocates in America?

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Small, Congress, Small Business, Abuse, Fortune 500, Middle Class, Obama Administration, Sba, Advocate, Lloyd Chapman, Loopholes, Business, Fraud, Barack Obama, Washington, Gao, American Small Business League, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The ASBL is the only national small business group that does not take money from Fortune 500 firms or big businesses. We only fight for small businesses.

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Federal Stimulus: Are Construction Projects Stimulating You?

Jerry Chautin | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Government, Federal Bailouts, Small Business, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Sba, Procurement, Contracting, Stimulus, Karen Mills, Business News
Jerry Chautin

There can be a symbiotic relationship between small-business construction contractors, SBA and federal procurement officers.

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Congress Considers Two Bills to End Contracting Abuses

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 08.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Investigations, Home Town, Small Business, House of Represenatives, Money, Joe Biden, Sba, Obama, 5-14, Legislation, Make, Senate, 5-15, Barack Obama, Affiliate, Washington, Online, Foreign, Marketing, American Small Business League, Technology, Foxnews, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The American Small Business League (ASBL) estimates that over that $100 billion a year in federal small business contracts actually go to Fortune 500 firms and other clearly large businesses.

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SBA's Stimulus Lending is Tainted by Political Meddling

Jerry Chautin | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Cash Flow, Wachovia-Bank, Small Business Owners, Small Business, Borrowing Money, Venture Capitalists, Sba, Tweets, Credit Unions, Business News
Jerry Chautin

The credit markets are improving and the banks can sell the guaranteed portion of their SBA loans at premiums closer to what they got before the financial meltdown.

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Chances of Getting an SBA 7(a) Loan for Your Small Business: Slim to None!

Susan Wilson Solovic | Posted 08.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business, Disaster Loan Program, SBTV.Com, SBA Lenders, Susan Wilson Solovic, Obama Administration, Sba, Inside Sources, 7(a) Loans, Tarp Funds, Business News
Susan Wilson Solovic

A small business owner's chances of getting an SBA 7(a) loan are slim to none. The restrictions are absurd, and the application process beyond reason.

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