Reuters: As customers timidly return with slightly open wallets, small businesses across America say their concerns over the slumping economy are easing slightly. As of yet, there is no rush to hire new staff, and indeed Friday’s U.S. payroll figures showed that employers cut another 539,000 jobs in April. But fears of the recession extending […]
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Associated Press: Got a bright business idea? Take a number. Americans haven’t stopped dreaming up newfangled gizmos or sketching engineering marvels on the back of cocktail napkins, but tight credit and business cutbacks have slowed the pace of getting the latest U.S. innovations to market. Venture capital investments have plummeted. Lenders aren’t lining up to
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photo credit: net_efekt We spend a lot of time talking about cheaper new way’s to do your marketing and advertising. However, little to no time has been spent on the natural way’s of marketing that have just as beneficial outcomes as those that cost money. Below are a few examples found on OpenForum of natural marketing
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MSNBC: The Small Business Administration has implemented only two of the eight provisions that were included in the economic stimulus bill to boost lending to small firms. On March 16, the SBA eliminated fees on the agency’s 7(a) and 504 loans, and increased the maximum government guarantee on 7(a) loans from 85 percent to90 percent.
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photo credit: mark sebastian Are you getting tired of your same old 9 to 5 job, tired of climbing and climbing up that ladder but never actually getting where you want to be after all your hard work? Many people other than yourself feel this same way, and some of them have decided to quit
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photo credit: SvenDowideit Small Business Labs recently posted an article on obtaining venture capital. VC has been a long time funding option for businesses all over. However, with the recent economy, funding in all areas is becoming scarce for businesses including that of venture capital. A surprising 90% of businesses that have already been funded are
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Inc.: As consumers slash their budgets and newspaper subscriptions continue to slide, more people are turning to the Internet for coupons. That’s good news for entrepreneurs leading the charge to move coupons online. According to a recent survey of 4,500 women by Burlington, Massachusetts-based online ad network Burst Media, coupon usage is up, and more
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USA TODAY: In the midst of this job-eating, business-depleting recession, some entrepreneurs – particularly owners of small businesses – are taking a step few could have seen even one year ago: working for free for their best clients. Instead of moping, Watts Wacker got a novel idea from listening closely to President Obama’s inaugural address
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The Post and Courier: Two neighboring businesses are working hard to think outside the narrow scope of their industries, coming up with ideas that they hope will carry them through tough economic times. Barry Taylor, president of a shutter distribution company in North Charleston, started making flower boxes earlier this year after he discovered that
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photo credit: LeSmou Imperator Consumers decreasing their spending habits this past year and new year to come are not the only one’s. In August of 2008 a report showed that 49% of business were planning on cutting their spending and by time October rolled around that number jumped to a high of 69%. The continuous
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