The top officials at the U.S. Small Business Administration have apparently decided that the fastest, easiest way to help American small business is to simply redefine large businesses as small ones. This might help their public affairs staff from having to answer embarrassing questions like, “Why did those contracting dollars supposedly set aside for small [...]
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Nice to see that the SBA is taking our advice and expanding the microloan program with funds from the Recovery Act: With the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding an additional $50 million for loans and $24 million for technical assistance, the U.S. Small Business Administration is expanding its Microloan program and increasing access to [...]
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Did you know more than half the 2009 Fortune 500 companies (the largest companies in America by annual revenues) were founded during a recession or bear market? That’s what the Kaufmann Foundation recently reported in a study titled, “The Economic Future Just Happened.” What makes a recession or down market a good time to launch [...]
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