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April 2011 Archive
We’re gearing up for National Small Business Week, which is May 18 through 20. This year’s theme is “Empowering Entrepreneurs.” That’s exactly what we want to do by offering four free educational forums for small business owners: Growing Your Business While on the Go will feature a presentation by entrepreneur Bill Rancic (the first-year winner of “The Apprentice”) on how a busy entrepreneur can keep their business going and growing. This will be followed by a panel discussion with executives from AT...
by Karen Mills, SBA Administrator on 05/16/2011 - 16:34
We’re constantly working to ensure that small businesses with big potential have the support they need to scale up and create hundreds – or thousands – of jobs. These high-growth firms are critical to helping America out-compete and out-innovate the rest of the world. Today, we launched a video series with ADP that profiles six entrepreneurs who have worked with the SBA to help create well-known American companies: Columbia Sportswear, Radio One, Allen Edmonds, Gymboree, Cerner Corporation, and Ruiz Foods. You can see a...
by Karen Mills, SBA Administrator on 05/16/2011 - 16:37
Today, President Obama signed a law that removes the expanded “1099” reporting requirement from the Affordable Care Act. This is a big win for small businesses. The SBA and President Obama supported repealing this provision, which would have required businesses to send 1099 forms for all purchases of goods and services over $600 annually. With this bipartisan effort, we have removed a requirement that would have been an undue barrier to small business growth. The many benefits of the health reform law for small businesses remain in...
by Marie Johns, SBA Deputy Administrator on 05/16/2011 - 17:04
President Obama set an ambitious, yet attainable goal of doubling US exports by 2015, and small businesses are leading the way. Often, the only tools a business needs to sell their goods and services overseas are a website and a broadband connection. At the SBA, we are working to increase the number of small businesses that export, and the number of countries they ship to. Our approach is simple: Identify. Prepare. Connect. Support. We start by identifying small businesses that are interested in exporting. We then work to prepare these...
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by Karen Mills, SBA Administrator on 05/16/2011 - 16:31