- One more week to nominate a small business or nonprofit for WSJ’s Top Small Workplaces 2009 recognition. Nominate one here.
- Latest version of House stimulus bill includes includes measures to boost SBA lending, including giving it $430 million to revive its loan programs and letting it guarantee up to 95% of SBA loans. [ACBJ [...]
The inauguration balls are over. Small-business owners now want to know: How big a piece will they get out of the new spending pie?
After all, President Obama has proposed spending billions of dollars on federal projects like upgrading U.S. highways and infrastructure and building “green” power grids. The debate over whether enough small businesses are [...]
There’s a “war for cash” happening all along the global supply chain, says a Financial Times columnist, as every business seems to be trying to hold on to their working capital.
Mark Thomas, a supply-chain expert, says, in the FT: “There is enormous tension as everybody is trying to hoard cash. But many big companies [...]
In the days leading up to today’s inauguration, President-elect Barack Obama dropped by Ben’s Chili Bowl, a small Washington, D.C. chili-dog joint on the city’s trendy and diverse U Street.
The highly publicized stop generated lots of buzz and foot traffic for the diner, which is a longtime family-owned institution in an ethnically diverse neighborhood where [...]
- Only two weeks left to recommend a small business or nonprofit (up to 500 employees) for WSJ’s Top Small Workplaces project. Nominate a company here.
- Iowa legislators propose a small-business health insurance fix: Let entrepreneurs buy into the state workers’ health plan. [AP]
- What are the Top 10 technology trends for small businesses in [...]
Don’t let the subzero temps sweeping the U.S. fool you: Summer really isn’t as far away as it seems. And many small businesses have a special chance this year to snap up talented summer interns that would typically be much harder to snag — but you need to act soon.
The reason: Many large companies are [...]
Bring on the battle of the sexes - entrepreneurship edition.
The authors of a new book about starting a business posit that women are better suited to entrepreneurship than men, because women aren’t afraid to ask for help.
Yup, it hearkens back to that classic tale of the hopelessly lost male driver who refuses to stop and [...]
Entrepreneurs and their representatives convened on Capitol Hill yesterday to offer their suggestions for how the new Obama administration can craft federal policies that help bolster small businesses and prevent mass bankruptcies.
Ted Allison, CEO of the Chamber of Commerce in St. Joseph, Mo., threw out a list of 16 possibilities in his testimony, including: giving [...]
When it comes to job creation and net job growth, start-ups by far played the largest role in recent years, a new study finds. But there’s some real worry that the number of start-ups will decrease in today’s recession given the financial woes businesses are facing. That could be bad news for job creation.
An analysis [...]
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A million invitations for the presidential inauguration next week have already been sent out. Printed on a Classic Crest Recycled 100 Natural White grade paper, the invitations are made of recycled fiber, with Alpharetta, Ga.-based maker Neenah Paper declaring it as the “greenest premium paper in the world.”
“It reaffirms President-elect Obama’s [...]