President Obama’s Proposal to Raise SBA Loan Limits
Statement by Administrator Karen Mills on President Obama’s Proposal to Raise SBA Loan Limits
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration today issued the following statement by SBA Administrator Karen Mills on today’s proposal by President Barack Obama to raise the maximum loan size for SBA-backed loans to small business:
“America’s 29 million small businesses have been hard hit [...]
SBA Teams with Count Me In to Promote Women’s Entrepreneurship
News release from the SBA Thursday Oct 08, 2009
SBA Teams with Count Me In to Promote Women’s Entrepreneurship
Related links:
Small Business Administration: www.sba.gov
SBA Women’s Business Center of Northern Virginia: www.cbponline.org
Count Me In Website: www.makemineamillion.org
WASHINGTON ─ The U.S. Small Business Administration and Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence (CMI) launched a cooperative Strategic Alliance Memorandum to [...]
SBA Helping Small Businesses Help The Recovery
It seems the U.S. economic recovery may be largely driven by small businesses.
Small companies represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms in the U.S. and employ just over half of private-sector workers, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). But analysts say the key to these firms’ success will be their ability to find [...]
Effective Entrepreneur Education Study
The SBA backed research to better understand the effects formal entrepreneurship education was having on students after graduating titled:
Toward Effective Education of Innovative Entrepreneurs in Small Business: Initial Results from a Survey of College Students and Graduates
The SBA released this 40-page research paper today that covers the initial results of the study. You can find it on [...]
More Contracting Opportunities for Minority-Owned Businesses
The Obama administration announced today that Commerce Secretary Locke and SBA Administrator Mills will lead a government-wide initiative with federal officials to participate in more than 200 procurement events across the country. We will follow this development and report on it as appropriate.
Press release: Washington
The Obama Administration today reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring that minority-owned [...]
Startup CheddarGetter Handles Small Business Billing Needs
CheddarGetter offers an easy to use billing and subscription management system for a flat monthly fee based on the number of customers you invoice. If you have fewer than 1,000 customers your monthly fee is $39. No transaction fees, no setup fees, make this one of the best deals out there for small businesses in [...]
SBA Appoints Four Regional Chiefs
SBA announced appointments of four Regional Administrators:
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced the appointment of Jeanne Hulit, as the regional administrator in Region I, to oversee the SBA’s programs and services in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Information: Region I
Marianne O’Brien Markowitz was named Regional Administrator for [...]
SBA Appoints National Ombudsman
Esther H. Vassar (in image to left) has been appointed National Ombudsman and assistant administrator for Regulatory Enforcement Fairness for the U.S. Small Business Administration by Karen G. Mills.
Vassar most recently served as commissioner and chair for Virginia’s Alcohol Beverage Control Board. Appointed to a four-year term by Governor Mark [...]
Recovery Act Changes To SBIC Program Mean Increased Funding Available For Small Businesses
The SBA announced some changes to the SBIC program today. Since the SBIC program was formed in 1958 it has invested approximately $56 billion in more than 106,000 small businesses in the United States. The changes covered in this announcement should greatly expand the number of SBICs and the total dollars they invest in [...]
ADstruc Attempts to Build an Online Marketplace for Outdoor Advertising
ADstruc is building an online marketplace for the outdoor advertising marketplace. Information about the size of the market is not a couple of click s away, but I suspect it is sizable. The Outdoor Advertising Association of America is a good source for more information.
My experience at VerticalNet back in 2000 and 2001 taught me [...]