Feb 7, 2013

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Small Business Looking for Meaningful Spending Reform
Fox Business
The latest report from the national small business association finding. Small business owners are losing confidence and fast with 86% anticipating a flat. Or recessionary economy this year and only 38% anticipating their firms will grow that is almost ...
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NSBA: Small Business Outlook Not So Hot
Fox Business
The National Small Business Association (NSBA) today released its 2012 Year-End Economic Report, a snapshot of how small businesses are faring today. The result: small-business owners are feeling less optimistic about the outlook of their own firms and ...
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California Seeks $120 Million in Back Taxes from Small Businesses
Businessweek
About 2,000 small business owners and investors in the Golden State who lawfully took a tax break that was later struck down have the taxman knocking at their doors. Following a state appeals court decision invalidating a 20-year-old state tax, the Los ...
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Small Business Regulations Surge Under Obama
Forbes
As the table below shows, at year-end 2012, overall rules in the pipeline (active, completed, and long-term) affecting small business according to federal agencies stand at 854. In fact, the number of rules with small-business impacts under Obama since ...
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Survey indicates growing concern from small businesses about survival
NJBIZ
Aside from rising health care costs, falling sales and other typical explanations for low employee headcounts, an increasing mass of small-business owners are halting their hiring practices due to concerns that their businesses won't survive through ...
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How small businesses can take advantage of online services
The Guardian (blog)
Alongside these offline opportunities, the web is also ushering in a new range of opportunities to help small businesses access knowledge, tools and even personnel, all available at the touch of a button. The growing prevalence of user-friendly online ...
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The Guardian (blog)
Small business sales slumped in San Francisco on tax fears
San Francisco Business Times
Sales of small businesses fell by half in San Francisco in January, compared with a year earlier. According to Peter Siegel, president of Dublin's Business Exchange Network Inc., or BizBen.com, which crunched the numbers, some sales may have been ...
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Two local small-businesses honored
nwitimes.com
Sue Ellspermann joined business leaders from across the state to present 20 companies with the Indiana Small Business Development Center's Economic Development through Growth and Entrepreneurship Awards. Manufacturing tool supplier Circle Tool ...
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Competition to give small businesses money to work in historic downtown ...
NewsNet5.com
CLEVELAND - A new competition sponsored by Charter One Bank will award Cleveland-area small businesses with thousands of dollars of grant money and office space in the 5th Street Arcades building downtown. "We're looking for entrepreneurs who ...
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Small-business owners getting tense about complying with health care law
Northwest News and Tribune
Small-business owners worry how the new law will increase the amount they pay for plans they now offer, said John Urbanek, a senior sales and marketing vice president for the Florida Blue insurance carrier. "They don't want to be the first to make a ...
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Small-business quotas could become even tougher to meet
FCW.com
Joe Jordan is working to build the right supplier base for the federal government, which includes paying a lot of attention to small businesses, he said. But agencies will have a hard time meeting the contracting goals for those companies because they ...
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Kasich Talks Tax Cuts for Small Businesses
northwestohio.com
Taking the time to tout his new budget plan in Maumee, Governor John Kasich says he's looking to create economic growth with tax cuts for almost all small businesses in Ohio. "A lot of them are right up against the wall," said Kasich. "They don't have ...
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2013: The Year Small Business E-commerce Sites Strike Gold
Small Business Trends
Almost all major corporations are already on board, but 2013 is teed up to be the year small businesses untether themselves from dated POS systems and bring their businesses to where their customers are most – online. And here's why: Mobile Payments ...
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Small Business Trends
The Employees Your Small Business Needs to Succeed
PayScale (blog)
Choosing the right employees to help take your small business to the next level is vital to your company's success. As Nichole Spaight of Entrepreneur points out, the role of each employee in every small business goes much deeper than a simple job ...
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Program to let kids run own small 'business'
Huntington Herald Dispatch
Vision Shared is looking for schools to pilot an entrepreneurial program making its debut in West Virginia this year. "Lemonade Day" is a community-wide program dedicated to teaching children how to start, own and operate their own businesses through ...
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Mayor pushes small businesses to apply for Sandy relief funds
amNY
Bloomberg, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan and Karen Mills, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, shared a slice of pizza at Goodfella's Pizzeria Wednesday after the mayor announced his plans for distributing the federal cash.
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VMware for small business IT infrastructures: Top 5 tips
TechTarget
IT shops in small businesses deal with different budgets, problems and projects than their enterprise-IT cohorts. Check out these top five tips for small business virtualization with VMware. While VMware dominates the enterprise IT virtualization ...
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Share your thoughts: Will your small business use the California health ...
North Bay Business Journal
As full-scale implementation of health care reform nears ever closer, looming heavy on the minds of employers, insurers and health care providers, questions continue to swirl around numerous key aspects, with California's online health benefits ...
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Charging ahead — Small business leader tells women owners to take control
Marietta Daily Journal
Barbara Kasoff, President and CEO of Women Impacting Public Policy, sits in her office in San Francisco on Tuesday. Kasoff said she believes women need to take charge if they want their businesses to succeed, especially when it comes to government ...
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3 Things You Should Know About Small Business: Feb. 6
TheStreet.com
Guest speakers included U.S. Small Business Administrator Karen Mills, U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran and Kauffman CEO Tom McDonnell, among others, to discuss how financing entrepreneurship in the U.S. is a growing priority for a nation working to strengthen ...
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Rep. Collins joins bipartisan Small Business Caucus
The Daily News Online
"Right now, the small business community feels like Washington is working against them with growing economic uncertainty, increasing regulations and higher taxes," said Collins, R-Amherst. "Small businesses need leaders in Washington fighting for them ...
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AdWords Enhanced Campaigns: 5 Things Small Businesses Need to Know
Small Business Trends
Google AdWords Google today announced a major change to the way AdWords PPC campaigns are structured, which will fundamentally alter how mobile PPC works. The change, dubbed AdWords Enhanced Campaigns, kills the former "best practice" of ...
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Connections are key to small business success
Crain's Cleveland Business (blog)
There's an old saying: "It's not what you know, it's who you know." In business, this is especially true. Entrepreneurship can feel lonely, however it doesn't have to be. But what's the best way to build your network? And how do you bring your advisors ...
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Washington gridlock, worries about the recovery, causing big problems for ...
MSNBC
President Obama is warning Congress the economy could be dealt a severe setback if lawmakers don't take steps to avoid the sequester—that's when a series of steep, automatic spending cuts go into effect. A recent survey from Gallup shows more small ...
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Marion small business loan helps pet grooming business open shop
TriCities.com
MARION, Va. -- The first recipient of the Marion Small Business Loan Fund and one of the first winners of the town's Small Business Pop Up Grant Competition has opened. Rufflections, a pet grooming business, will offer grooming, day boarding and care ...
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Chase provided $20B in small business loans in 2012
CPA Practice Advisor
Chase made more than $1 billion in new loans to small businesses in each of Illinois, New York and Texas. In California alone, Chase extended nearly $7.5 billion of new credit to small businesses, 58% higher than 2011 lending levels. Chase continues to ...
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Small Business Corner: Optimist Ice Arena offers more than just skating
The Jackson Citizen Patriot - MLive.com
mjm_20413_DonTrapp.jpg Don Trapp is the general manager at Optimist Ice Arena, 1300 W North St. in Jackson. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com). Optimist Ice Arena was started by Jess Everett in 1968. The business has changed hands over the years and is ...
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Dakota County Cities Providing Free Small Business Consulting
Patch.com
Editor's Note: The following is a press release from the cities of Burnsville and Eagan. Starting or growing a small business isn't easy, and hiring a trusted advisor to help get a business off the ground is usually very expensive. To encourage small ...
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Small businesses face challenges
La Grande Observer
She fits the profile of a serial entrepreneur, having owned and operated at least four small businesses in the La Grande area over the last 20 to 30 years. The former county commissioner and her husband, Al, currently own Joe Beans Coffee, a restaurant ...
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Blogs14 new results for Small Business
 
Small Business Minnesota Legislative Update
By admin
It has already been a very busy time at the Capitol for Small Business Minnesota. So far we have enjoyed a warm welcome from legislators, commissioners and administrators with whom we've met. All are eager to hear from small businesses: ...
Small Business Minnesota
CalChamber Seeking Nominees for Small Business Advocate Award
(February 6, 2013) The California Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for its Small Business Advocate of the Year Award.
CalChamber Top Stories
Two decades on, small businesses strongly support Family and ...
By Aaron Keating
On 20th Anniversary of FMLA, small businesses overwhelminly support [Photo: Atelier Tee via Flickr Creative Commons]. Cross-posted ... The poll, conducted by Lake Research Partners on behalf of Small Business Majority from Jan. 24-Feb.
Washington Policy Watch
How Modular Booth Designs Make Perfect Sense This Trade Season
By a Guest Contributor
The trade show season is upon us again. Our latest guest contributor explains why modular booths make sense compared to other booth options.
The Art Of Small Business
Fairway in Red Hook Will Reopen March 1; Small Businesses Rejoice
By Jessica Goodman
After 15-foot waves from Hurricane Sandy destroyed parts of Fairway in Red Hook, the only thing left was...
Fork in the Road
Foursquare For Business App Launched - Small Business Trends
By Annie Pilon
Foursquare has just released a new mobile app, Foursquare for Business, to serve as an extension to the existing merchant dashboard, giving businesses the ability to manage specials and view recent activity and analytics from their mobile ...
Small Business Trends
Dodge the federal payroll tax bullet — Business Management Daily ...
By Small Business Tax Strategies
Here's the whole story: Small businesses with current employees can benefit from an IBTF-Express IA. These installment agreements generally don't require a financial statement or financial verification as part of the application process.
Business Management Daily
Flu prevention tips for small business owners | Small Biz Daily
By Karen Axelton
The flu season is hitting small businesses hard. How can you keep your business humming, and your employees and yourself healthy?
Small Biz Daily
Why your start-up should think local | Intuit Small Business India
By admin
With the start-up sector in India booming, many entrepreneurs, in order to beat their competition, may be tempted to make grand plans for their small businesses. Small businesses could start directing their marketing and sales efforts towards ...
Intuit Small Business India
Small biz leader tells women owners to take charge | Maryland Daily ...
By Associated Press
The founder of Women Impacting Public Policy, a group that lobbies lawmakers on behalf of women-owned small businesses, isn't shy about telling women they need to take charge if they want their businesses to succeed — especially when ...
Maryland Daily Record
SMEs TO BENEFIT FROM STRATEGIC PLANNING | Barbados ...
By SBA Admin
The small business sector is set to benefit from Strategic Planning training when the Small Business Association (SBA) launches its training course in February 2013. The course is being sponsored by the TVET Council and will be presented ...
Barbados Small Business Association
SME Business Compliance Cost Action Due Phil O'Reilly... | Stuff.co.nz
By Kerri Jackson
Major legislation and policy shifts which will affect small to medium businesses are on the 2013 political agenda.
Stuff.co.nz - Business
Higher SBA Insurance Guarantee Helps Local Companies | Maui Now
By Sonia Isotov
A major revision for US Small Business Administration's surety bond program has reportedly more than tripled the eligible contract amount from $2 million to $6.5 million. Local small businesses will now be able to secure larger private and ...
Maui Now
Obama To Provide Drones Memo To Congress (UPDATE)
By The Huffington Post News Editors
9-Year-Old Reportedly Gives Birth In Mexico, Police Investigating618 · Powerful Earthquake Generates Small Tsunami In South Pacific816 · And The World's Most Expensive City To Live In Is ...69 · 8.0-Magnitude Earthquake Triggers Tsunami In Solomon .... Protesters march with a drone effigy outside Duke Energy headquarters in Uptown, the Charlotte the business district, before the start of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) September 2, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Web2 new results for Small Business
 
Seth Godin: Why Small Businesses Fail | Inc.com
The famous marketing expert explains how small businesses can hone their market efforts.
www.inc.com/.../seth-godin-why-small-businesses-fail.html
Taxes crush small businesses in Italy - Video - Business News
Increased taxes due to austerity measures are forcing some small businesses in Italy to close for good.
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