
Some people like it. Some people don’t. But one way or another, social media is here to stay. So why are so many small businesses so conflicted about the value of these tools to leverage attention for their brands as never before possible? And why are they so worried about the cost? Small…

Hello from Washington D.C., where I am covering National Small Business Week. Earlier today I attended the keynote address of SBA Administrator Karen Mills (pictured below giving the keynote).
One of the most impressive parts of her talk was the description of the SBA’s mission for small…

Washington (PRESS RELEASE – May 24, 2010) — The PBS program, “To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe” (the only woman-owned news analysis program on national television) is pleased to honor the contributions of all small business owners for National Small Business Week, which…

Everyone knows that a lot of jobs have been lost during the Great Recession. And almost everyone would like to find away to avoid such high levels of job loss in the future.
Doing so requires an understanding of where layoffs have been heaviest and where they have been lighter. By identifying…

If you’re in the greater metropolitan New York City area, you’re invited to attend the Taste of Technology event on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, from 6:30 – 8:30pm,
Smallbiztechnology.com is organizing this special event:
Google, Microsoft and The Cloud: Growing Your Business with the…

There are tons of great events going on right now – from webinars to conferences.
This list of small business webinars, events and conferences is brought to you every two weeks as a community service by Small Business Trends and Smallbiztechnology.com.
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Livermore, California (PRESS RELEASE – May 23, 2010) — The U.S. Small Business Administration http://www.sba.gov/ and Comcast’s California Region http://comcastcalifornia.mediaroom.com today announced a new partnership that will provide local small and mid-sized businesses with…

Rockville, Md. (PRESS RELEASE – May 23, 2010) — HyperOffice today made the new version of its award-winning, cloud-computing messaging and collaboration suite widely available to small and medium-sized businesses.
This ends a successful beta program that spanned six months, thousands of…

President Obama has proclaimed May 23 – May 29, 2010 National Small Business Week, to honor and celebrate small businesses here in the United States.
I am delighted that this year we are able to bring you coverage from the official activities in Washington D.C. during Small Business Week. …

Austin, TX (PRESS RELEASE – May 22, 2010) – BigCommerce, the leading provider of ecommerce software for small business merchants, today announced the BigCommerce $35,000 Ecommerce Makeover Contest to find online merchants with the potential to make it big but who need a little help to…