‘Small Business’ Archives
Nielsen Consumer Products Enhancement Competition
Are you a small business owner or entrepreneur who would like to present your product to a major retailer but haven’t had the opportunity? Then this is the chance of a lifetime! Enter the 2010 Consumer Product Goods Competition presented by The Nielsen Company, The [Read More]
Victory for Women’s Business Community
New program will be available in early 2011 for small, women-owned firms The rule is part of the Obama Administration’s overall commitment to expanding opportunities for small businesses to compete for federal contracts, in particular those owned by women, socially and [Read More]
Hiring family or friends to work for you can be boon or bust
By Laura Petrecca, USA TODAY NEW YORK — Donald Trump did it. So did entrepreneur Mike Repole and nutritionist Oz Garcia. Though the businesses they run are dramatically different, all have entered the same, often treacherous arena of hiring friends or family to help grow [Read More]
Small Business Jobs Act of 2010
The Small Business Jobs Act, signed by President Obama on September 27, 2010, will provide critical resources to help small businesses continue to drive economic recovery and create jobs. The new law extends the successful SBA Recovery loans while offering billions more in [Read More]
HUBZone Priority Ends Among Set-Aside Programs
President Obama signed the Small Business Jobs & Credit Act of 2010 into law on September 27, putting an end to the controversy about whether the HUBZone Program has priority over the other federal contracting set-aside programs. The new law has amended the wording in [Read More]
Borrowing from friends, family? Put terms in writing
By Jayne O’Donnell, USA TODAY “Never again,” says Martha Woods of lending money to family or friends for business ventures. Woods and her husband once invested about $10,000 in an auto racing team with his brother, but her brother-in-law wanted out after [Read More]
Small Business News: Social Media and the Entrepreneur
Social media and entrepreneurship represent the perfect partnership in today’s small business world. Free and easy to operate social media tools have made it possible for almost anyone with an idea and the willingness to work to create their own dream small business. What [Read More]
10 tips will get your e-mail newsletter off the ground
Rhonda Abrams, USAToday.com Want a cheap, effective, efficient, easy marketing technique for your small business? Start your own e-mail newsletter. I have one. Your vet, gym and kids school probably all have an e-mail newsletter. You can, too. Why this sudden increase of [Read More]
Senate OKs $30 billion loan fund for small businesses
By Laura Petrecca, USA TODAY Small firms across the country should soon be able to get more loans and save money on them. After months of partisan wrangling, the Senate on Thursday passed legislation that includes a controversial $30 billion fund to help community banks [Read More]
Bootstrapping a Start-Up Business
Self-Funding Advice for Entrepreneurs Natalie MacNeil, Business Week Successfully bootstrapping a business requires diligent planning and a focus on cash flow. The process can teach entrepreneurs many valuable lessons along the way. The majority of businesses do not receive [Read More]
