Jan 17, 2013

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A Health Scare for Small Businesses
Wall Street Journal
During her two-plus years in business, Elizabeth Turley has steadily recruited new employees for her apparel company, Meesh & Mia Corp., to keep pace with its rapid growth. But this year could be different. Instead of increasing her staff, she plans to ...
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Wall Street Journal
Flu outbreak particularly bad for small businesses
San Jose Mercury News
NEW YORK -- The flu season has created a scramble for New Jersey Limo Bus & Limousine. Two of the company's seven full-time employees called in sick at the same time. They were in charge of maintaining and cleaning the limos and buses. Two part-time ...
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Small Business Owners Turn To Friends For Money
NPR
Starting a small business hasn't been easy lately. People are now turning to their peers for funding after being denied credit from big banks. But that has its own set of risks and rewards. Host Michel Martin explores the future of small business in 2013.
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Small Business Blogging Proved Effective for the Year 2012
Technorati
"Small business" is one of the fastest growing categories in the Technorati directory, with 20% growth in 2012. A survey of blogs in less "tech savvy" sectors (such as auto repair shops, restaurants, and home service companies) shows an even more ...
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Technorati
Small Business Optimism Near Three-Year Low
ThomasNet Industrial News Room
Although optimism among small business owners inched up in December, it remained close to record-low levels, largely due to deteriorating conditions in the labor market and the high number of owners who expect business activity to worsen in the first ...
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ThomasNet Industrial News Room
Small businesses bend Assemblyman Gatto's ear on industry challenges
Burbank Leader
Speaking at Assemblyman Mike Gatto's (D-Silver Lake) first Small Business Advisory Commission meeting at Woodbury University on Saturday, Mark Dornfeld, owner of Custom Film Effects in Burbank, said the situation was becoming untenable for the ...
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Small Business Shoutout: Penny Chic
HLNtv.com
Something we love to do here at Making it in America is meet inspiring people. So we want you to meet Shauna Miller. She started a movement she calls "Penny Chic." After college Shauna moved to New York City to work in the heart of the fashion industry ...
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Small-business exchange pushed by SEC panel
MarketWatch
The committee, made up of 20 individuals in the small publicly traded business space including angel investors, state regulators and small bank executives, has scheduled a meeting at the SEC to discuss the recommendations for Feb. 1. Jacobs said that ...
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Protect Your Small Business From the Flu
Wall Street Journal (India)
... Small Business From the Flu. The CDC had forecast the flu would directly cost businesses over $10 billing this year, but now expects that number to be much higher. Small-business expert Susan Solovic joins Lunch Break with details. Photo: Getty Images.
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Small Business Owners Say Texas Is Real Friendly
KERA News
Of all 50 states, Texas ranks #2 in overall friendliness to small businesses, according to research by Thumbtack.com. Which Texans are most friendly to mom-and-pops? The ones up north, according to the survey, which you can browse via a dynamic map ...
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Small Business Shoutout: Southern Tots
HLNtv.com
It's called Southern Tots. After Ashley was laid off, she needed to find more affordable clothes for her three kids. She also decided it was a great opportunity to do what she loved -- design the clothes herself! And voila, the idea for her small ...
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FedEx Announces Winners of Small Business Grant Competition
DailyFinance
Darn Good Yarn, a small business based in Sebec, Maine, has been named the grand prize winner of the first-ever, nationwide FedEx Small Business Grant Competition and will receive a $25,000 grant to invest in and further grow its business. (Photo: ...
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Small business award nominations due Feb. 11
Maui News
Nominations are being accepted for the 2013 Mayor's Small Business Awards, the county Office of Economic Development announced Tuesday. The business recognition program for small businesses with 50 or fewer employees is being held in partnership ...
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Small Business Administration visits local electric bicycle company
Community Impact Newspaper
Representatives from the Small Business Administration paid a visit to electric bicycle retailer Rocket Electrics Jan. 16 to discuss the expansion and future of the business, including the potential addition of more bicycle depots (charging stations ...
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Community Impact Newspaper
Google-backed Small Business Web launches API marketplace
Upstart (blog)
What's happening: Today in San Francisco, Google-backed Small Business Web and the AppDirect Partners announced a partnership to launch a marketplace for apps built using open APIs—the tools that give developers access to technology owned by third ...
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MIOX Corp. nabs Small Business Innovation Research grant
Albuquerque Business First
MIOX Corp. has received a $100,000 Small Business Innovation Research award that will help commercialize the company's process for groundwater remediation. Dan Mayfield: Reporter- Albuquerque Business First: Email | Twitter | Reporter RSS Feed ...
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8 options for taming small business expenses
ZDNet
I have been barraged news about expense management software for small businesses in the past two weeks -- probably because it's the beginning of a new year, and everyone has taken a vow to be far more organized in the 12 months ahead. Blah, blah.
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Small Businesses Can't Afford Not to Make This One Hire
TheStreet.com
While the application makes searching on Facebook for similar interests easier and more relevant, the message to small-business owners is that being on Facebook -- and more generally being social-media savvy -- is no longer an option, but a necessity.
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Convos App: Consolidate Social Media Profiles Into One Dashboard
Small Business Trends
Social sharing service Convos Limited has just announced the launch of a new iOS app that aims to make social media and communication easier for both personal and business users. The location based sharing app consolidates different social media ...
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Small Business Trends
Public Safety and Small Business Groups to Meet Thursday
Patch.com
Small Business. Representatives from Wheaton's small businesses will gather Thursday at 8 a.m. at the Mid-County Regional Services Center Director to meet with the center's director, Ana Lopez van Balen. The group will discuss the draft regulations for ...
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Heyman wants Beacon Council to do more for small businesses
South Florida Business Journal
Miami-Dade County Commissioner Sally Heyman has filed a resolution urging the Beacon Council to use a considerable portion of its public funding to benefit local small businesses and to be more transparent in demonstrating the results. The nonprofit ...
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Your New Year Small Business Checklist
Small Business Trends
business checklist If you own or manage a small business, the end of the year is the time to get your business into shape. Gyms and athletic clubs tend to get more crowded at that time of year from those enacting their New Year's resolutions of weight ...
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Small Business Trends
Irving Chamber nominates nine small businesses for national award
Dallas Morning News (blog)
The Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber nominated nine small businesses in Irving for the U.S. Chamber's Small Business of the Year awards program. Through this program, the U.S. Chamber annually recognizes small business entrepreneurs for being ...
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Small business federal contract experiment
Miami Today
Administrators at the agency's South Florida District Office are proposing to allow small businesses to form joint ventures or consortiums to bid on larger federal contracts that, alone, they wouldn't have the expertise or resources to compete for. To ...
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7 SEO Tips For Small Businesses
Business 2 Community
Running a small business online without the big budget to spend on Search Engine Optimisation to rank or to be found for the keywords which will bring you more sales is not easy but in the meantime it's not impossible. Small business owners find ...
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Small Business Web Directory provides software at an entrepreneur's fingertips
Examiner.com
Small business owners and entrepreneurs who need software may not be able to spare the expense for robust solutions. Enter the Small Business Web Directory, announced today by AppDirect and the Small Business Web, which will utilize open APIs to ...
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Top Backup Options for Small Businesses
Business 2 Community
So in this post I wanted to outline all the options available to the small business owner who's not ready for the cloud. UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS. But before we get "there" let's back up a little :). There are three basic types of backup: Full ...
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Coffee Break: Maine business wins first FedEx Small Business Grant
Memphis Commercial Appeal
The competition also featured five other small businesses that each won $5,000, including Built of Barnwood in Bay St. Louis, Miss., a family-owned company that repurposes used wood and building materials to produce artwork, accent pieces and home ...
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Blogs13 new results for Small Business
 
Senator Mark DeSaulnier Honored with Highest Small Business Grade
By CLAYCORD.com
Claycord Senator Mark DeSaulnier has been honored with the highest small business grade from the California Small Business Association & the California Small Business Roundtable. "I am honored that the California Small Business ...
CLAYCORD.com
The Small Business Watchdog - Sba - SBA.gov
By egulbran
WASHINGTON, D.C. –The SBA Office of Advocacy applauds yesterday's decision by the Internal Revenue Service to offer a simplified version of the home office deduction. Advocacy has been engaged with the small business community and ...
The Small Business Watchdog
Welch and Boukus: Help for Small Business is Available - Senate ...
By admin
Hartford, CT – Representative Betty Boukus (D-Plainville) and Senator Jason Welch (R-Bristol) are standing up for small businesses in the 31st Senate district and 22nd House district. The legislators are spearheading an effort to reach out and ...
Senate Republicans
Nominations Sought for 2013 Mayor's Small Business Awards | Maui ...
By Sonia Isotov
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2013 Mayor's Small Business Awards, the county Office of Economic Development announced yesterday.
Maui Now
Small Businesses Do Their Share to Feed Uncle Sam | Visual.ly
By outright
US. Federal Tax Revenues were $2.47 TRILLION in 2012. Find out how small businesses contributed to this pot.
Visual.ly
Small Business Owners Turn To Friends For Money | WEKU
Starting a small business hasn't been easy lately. People are now turning to their peers for funding after being denied credit from big banks. But.
WEKU
FedEx Announces Winners of Small Business Grant Competition ...
By fedex
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 16, 2013 /3BL Media/ - Darn Good Yarn, a small business based in Sebec, Maine, has been named the grand prize winner of the first-ever, nationwide FedEx Small Business Grant Competition and will receive a ...
Corporate Social Responsibility ...
Burnout a big problem for SMEs | Stuff.co.nz
By Kerri Jackson
What happens when you arrive back in the office of your small business after a January "holiday" nursing your smartphone and tablet, and find you are just as exhausted as you were in December?
Stuff.co.nz - Business
AppDirect Launches SMB-Focused Marketplace With The Small ...
By Ken Yeung
AppDirect has partnered with the Small Business Web to launch a new application marketplace for small businesses to discover useful tools using open APIs.
The Next Web
The Avoidable Failure to Act
By Louis Tucci
Generally, small business owners need commercial loans to buy a business with real estate, refinance a commercial real estate asset (like a gas station, strip mall, industrial warehouse, office building, motel, hotel, etc.) or refinance a business ...
Expert Advice for Small Business...
Top 5 Red Hot Tools of 2012 | Small Business Bonfire
By Alyssa Gregory
The Red Hot Tool of the Week is a weekly email that features an online tool for small business owners. Here are the five most popular Red Hot Tools of 2012.
Small Business Bonfire
Did you miss it? I have good news… | Ali's Blog | Ali Brown
By jesse
Discover 3 ways to use your own website along with your blog, social media, and a special FREE resource to create an easy list-building system for your business. • Identify exactly what type of WEBSITE is best for your business (don't waste ...
Ali Brown - Entrepreneur Mentor...
Pitch perfect planning for foodie festivals
By Simon Wicks
If you're running a small food business and planning to take your produce to one of the many UK food festivals this year, it pays to start planning early, as Bruce McMichael, author of Cook Wrap Sell, explains.
Enterprise Nation, the small...

Web4 new results for Small Business
 
Report: Most Small Businesses Fail In First 6 Hours Of Being On Fire ...
WASHINGTON—A new report from the U.S. Small Business Administration reveals that being consumed by flames poses an even greater risk to small ...
www.theonion.com/.../report-most-small-businesses-fail-in-firs...
U.S. GAO - Veteran-Owned Small Businesses: Planning and Data ...
Veteran-Owned Small Businesses ... In response to this observation, VA's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) initiated action in ...
www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-95
10 Easy Ways to Get More Done - Yahoo! Small Business Advisor
From Yahoo! Small Business Advisor: Take control of your work experience and notice how much more gets done.
smallbusiness.yahoo.com/.../10-easy-ways-to-get-more-done-2...
Helping Small Business Owners and Home-Based Employees ...
find a lender participating in the Small Business Lending Fund. ... learn about the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI)? What materials are available to ...
www.treasury.gov/.../Helping-Small-Business-Owners-and-Ho...


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