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Stacey Lawson: Creating Conditions for Small Businesses to Thrive

2012-05-29T13:08:14Z

By investing in our small businesses, we invest in job growth. One of the best ways to help small businesses lift more Americans into the middle class is to remove the economic barriers that are holding small businesses back.

Read more: Politics, Video, Congress, Economy, Manufacturing Job, Small Business America, Small Business, Health Care Reform, Job Growth, Small Business News and Trends, Health Care, Small Business News

John Arensmeyer: Small Business Week Wrap-up: A Reminder to Keep Our Entrepreneurs Top of Mind All Year Long

2012-05-29T11:48:03Z

By passing the Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act, lawmakers can give entrepreneurs some well-deserved relief. It would not only better financial conditions for them, but for the economy overall -- and that means for each and every one of us.

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It Ain't Over: They Ditched Their Jobs In The Stock Market For Pickles

2012-05-29T07:12:00Z

One of the reasons I started my website, is that I wanted a place for women to come together and dream. Women should know that they don't have to hang...

Read more: Marlo Thomas, Reinvention, Women, Small Business, It Ain't Over, Stock Market, Women in Business, Slideexpand, Business, Small Business America, Recession, Fifty News

Gene Marks: How About National BIG Business Week?

2012-05-23T10:20:23Z

It's the big companies in this country that are truly the engines of our economic growth. It may be politically correct to celebrate the little guy. But it's the big guy who should be receiving the attention.

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From Waiting Tables To Wardrobing Hollywood Stars: 'I Knew I Wanted More'

2012-05-23T08:27:00Z

One of the reasons I started my website, is that I wanted a place for women to come together and dream. Women should know that they don't have to hang...

Read more: Marlo Thomas, Reinvention, Small Business Success Stories, Small Business, It Ain't Over, Fashion post50, Designers, Fashion, Slideexpand, Small Business America, Fifty News

Mary Ellen Biery: Private-company Sales, Margin Growth Continue

2012-05-22T16:51:47Z

Privately held U.S. companies -- the millions of businesses that drive job creation and GDP -- are growing sales so far this year at about the same ra...

Read more: Small Business, Starting a Business, Professional-Services, Manufacturing, Private Companies, Sageworks, Profitability, Small Business America, Small Business News

John Arensmeyer: Small Businesses Support 'All of the Above' Energy Policy That Balances Public Land Protection

2012-05-21T14:08:35Z

Taking smart steps to preserve natural assets is good for business, plain and simple, according to job creators. They're the backbone of our economy and now is as good a time as any to help them.

Read more: Obama Public Lands, Evironment Business, Environment Protection Economy, Small Business America, Public Land Protection, Obama Public Land Protection, Small Business News

Steve Blank: Why Facebook Is Killing Silicon Valley

2012-05-21T13:04:37Z

What's great for making tons of money may not be the same as what's great for innovation or for our country.

Read more: Startups, Venture Capital, Small Business America, Entrepreneurs Startups, Facebook Investment, Venture Capital Tech, Innovation VCs, Entrepreneurship Silicon Valley, Video, Small Business News

Bill Cheney: Five Things Small Business Owners Need to Know About Capitol Hill

2012-05-17T14:53:49Z

If small business owners want to see more credit available, they need to keep their eye on Washington as much as their local lending institutions. And yes, we need the help.

Read more: Small Business America, National Small Business Week, Congress, Small Business, 112th Congress, Banks, Jobs, Job Creation, Credit Unions, Small Business News

Scott Steinberg: Crowdfunding Secrets: Five Ways to Build an Amazing Campaign

2012-05-17T11:53:26Z

While no equity or ownership stake has previously changed hands in exchange for contributions, the recent passage of the JOBS Act may prove a game changer for entrepreneurs.

Read more: Startups, Investing, Venture Capital, Crowdfunding, Small Business Investing, Indiegogo, Kickstarter, Jobs Act, Rockethub, Small Business America, Small Business News

Chris Johnson: Designer Co-Founder Series: Fab.com

2012-05-15T16:19:36Z

A design shopping site emerges, investors line up, and soon Demi Moore is tweeting about sales and signups go moonward. It all happened. Fab now has 160 design-obsessed staffers. We stammer when we say it too -- one-sixty. They had 10 when Fab launched 11 months ago.

Read more: News and Trends, Startup, Startup Offices, Small Business News and Trends, Startups, Small Business America, Fab, Small Business, Small Business News

Dr. Douglas C. Merrill: Two Heads Are Better Than One

2012-05-14T13:39:44Z

People come pre-wired with expectations of how businesses should be run. Do people show up for work at 9:00 a.m.? Is it OK to show up for work in a hoodie and unshaved? How about remote employees -- is that OK or too much trouble?

Read more: Sergey Brin, Google, Business Relationships, Small Business, Start-Ups, Rules of Business, Startups, Larry Page, Small Business America, Small Business News

Chris Johnson: Hear the One About the Lawyer Who Started a Company?

2012-05-14T10:00:01Z

He realized he wanted to build things more than be a lawyer. So he left Cahill Gordon & Reindel and taught himself to code, learning Ruby on Rails in a six week self-imposed lock-up.

Read more: News and Trends, Small Business News and Trends, Startup, Lawyers, Startups, Small Business America, Small Business, Small Business News

John Arensmeyer: Tax Credit Report: 7 in 10 Small Businesses Eligible for Combined $15.4 Billion in Healthcare Tax Credits

2012-05-10T16:29:00Z

The reality is, most small businesses operate within thin profit margins. And that means they're less likely than big businesses to be able to afford health coverage for their workers.

Read more: Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Small Business, Tax Credits, Small Business America, Small Business Health Care, Obamacare, Small Business Tax Credit, Health Care, Small Business News

Bryce Longton: What Happens When You Don't Mail the Invites

2012-05-10T16:07:05Z

You're up to your neck in cake, music, and photography and now it's the invitations. The lingo comes in like, caliper, grammage, and calligraphy, and that's before you even get to RSVP cards and return addresses. A lot to consider.

Read more: News and Trends, Startup, Startup Offices, Small Business News and Trends, Startups, Small Business America, Paperless Post, Small Business, Wedding Invitations, Small Business News

Greg Voakes: Alternatives to the MBA in New Emerging Markets

2012-05-09T10:57:43Z

In today's competitive economic environment, procuring further education to find employment is necessary in many fields, however it is a particularly salient issue in the business world. While many individuals who return to school (either online or through traditional on-campus programs part time) decide to pursue an MBA, there are several other types of graduate business degrees. Pursuing one of these rarer specialties can really make someone stand out in the crowd.

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Bryce Longton: How About We Do Pushups

2012-05-08T15:58:41Z

The clock turns to eleven and everyone hits the floor, palms flat or knuckles down, planking. Every hour, on the hour, the team gets down and sweats it out together.

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Bryce Longton: Shop Main Street From Your Street

2012-05-08T14:48:20Z

That jacket right there. That's the one you wore right out of the store in Tuscany. And those funky sunglasses? Bought from a street vendor in Seoul. ...

Read more: Startup, Shopping, Startup Offices, Y Combinator, Small Business News and Trends, Soho, Startups, New York, Small Business America, Small Business, Shoptiques, Small Business News

Chris Johnson: Fresh Start For Seamless

2012-05-07T15:36:39Z

Founded in 2000, Seamless flourished in the post dot com era as a web-based food delivery service, was acquired six years ago, and then spun out again last year. The spin out came with new capital and a renewed focus on product (think mobile) and innovation (think more mobile). It's a fresh start -- a born again startup.

Read more: Startup, Engineers, Startup Offices, Small Business News and Trends, Engineering, Seamless, Startups, Bryant Park, New York, Small Business America, Small Business, Small Business News

Chris Johnson: Expert Oddity: Sidetour Brings You Amazing Local Experiences

2012-05-03T16:52:44Z

Easily one of the more fascinating startups we've seen, SideTour curates small group experiences with local experts. Excursions range from dinner with a banker-turned-monk to a go-round of Little India in Queens with a writer who covers South Asian affairs for the New York Times.

Read more: Local Travel, Travel, Sidetour, New York City, Tech Startups, Small Business, Startups, Small Business America, Small Business News

Erica Nicole: Dear Small Business Owner: Are You Preparing to Prepare? If so, Stop!

2012-05-03T10:55:33Z

If you find yourself calling meetings, about meetings so you can prepare for that next meeting -- you're not only compromising your bottom line, but the productivity and sanity of your team as well.

Read more: Business Tips, Small Business America, Small Business Owners, Meetings, Young Entrepreneurs, Startups, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Small Business News

John Arensmeyer: Small Businesses to Get IOUs From Health Insurers

2012-05-02T10:03:27Z

By holding insurance companies accountable for how they spend Americans' premium dollars, the Affordable Care Act is improving upon the coverage market as we know it.

Read more: Healthcare Reform, Health Insurers, Small Business, Small Business America, Small Business News

Steve Blank: Why Innovation Dies

2012-05-01T17:32:29Z

Faced with disruptive innovation, you can be sure any possibility for innovation dies when a company forms a committee for an "overarching strategy."

Read more: Startups, Entrepreneurs, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Customer Development, Small Business America, Small Business News

John Arensmeyer: Small Businesses Want Government to Invest in Clean Energy

2012-04-30T11:15:53Z

Entrepreneurs support EPA standards and believe they're conducive to job creation and economic growth -- in other words, they don't view regulation as the bee in their small business bonnet.

Read more: Epa, Small Business America, Epa Regulations, Jobs Growth, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Clean Energy, Small Business Clean Energy, Small Business News

Chris Hurn: Fixes Abound for SBA Loan Programs

2012-04-26T16:49:19Z

I recently testified before the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and shared some solutions to not only reduce the subsidy and solidify the SBA 504 loan program, but also enhance the 504 program.

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