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What We Can Learn From the Forbes Best Small Companies List
Forbes Magazine recently released their list of America’s 100 Best Small Companies.
Right off the bat, I need to say that the phrase “small companies” is relative. We’re not truly talking about “small businesses” with this list. The annual revenues of those on the Forbes list were in…
Why Entrepreneurs Cannot Get Businesses Off the Ground
Right now there’s a lot of focus at the Federal government level here in the United States on creating jobs. Of course, anyone who thinks government can create jobs doesn’t really understand how jobs in the private sector are created.
Government cannot create jobs. What government…
Making Your Voice Heard as a Small Business Owner
Politics has been on everyone’s mind lately due to the recent midterm elections. In California, where I live, there was much debate (as always) about whether certain propositions on the ballot would actually help citizens—or were simply smokescreens for big businesses to profit. And two of the…
How Many Small-Business Half Truths Make a Whole?
Earlier this week I posted True or Not? Top 10 Election Talking Points on Small Business, a slide show with reader voting, on the Huffington Post. Here’s how that turned out – the points listed in order from most true would have been a 1, to most false, which was a 10:
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The government…
No Credit CARD Act Protections for Small Businesses, Federal Reserve Board Says
If you and other small-business owners were hoping that the U.S. Federal government might give business credit cards the same kind of protections as consumers get, well you can “forget it” according to a recent report issued by the Federal Reserve Board (PDF).
The Credit Card…
Small Businesses Are Hit Harder by Regulations
A study recently released by the SBA’s Office of Advocacy confirms what small business owners have often felt: Federal regulations place a disproportionate financial burden on entrepreneurs.
The report, The Impact of Regulatory Costs on Small Firms, assessed the overall cost of federal…
Are You Ready for the Digital Natives?
Is your business ready for the influx of “digital natives”? Maybe you’re already experiencing it.
I’m not talking about characters from a video game. “Digital natives” is another name for the newest generation in the workforce. Also called the Millennials, this generation was born…
Can You Cut Your Health-Care Costs by Self-Insuring?
Although the results of the health-insurance reform passed earlier this year will take years to fully work out, there’s one way your small business might be able to save on health insurance right now, reports CFO Magazine: Do what a growing number of small businesses are doing, and…
Why Do So Many Women-Owned Businesses Struggle to Make It to $1 Million?
Bloomberg Businessweek recently featured a fascinating interview with Nell Merlino, the founder of Make Mine a Million. The program, which Merlino founded in 2005, had a goal of helping 1 million women-owned businesses reach 1 million in sales by 2010.
Merlino didn’t achieve that goal, but…
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