The Small Business Watchdog

Each week while Congress is in session the Office of Advocacy will post a highlights schedule of congressional hearings and committee markups that we think will be of interest to stakeholders in the small business community. For further information on the hearings in question please contact the relevant congressional committee.
THIS WEEK
The House and the Senate [...]

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Entrepreneurs Lead in Green Innovation
Small businesses have more patents per employee than large companies.
Small businesses are home to innovation, and that is particularly true when it comes to green technologies. A report released last week at the World Green Energy Symposium in Philadelphia by the Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy found that while [...]

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The Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) filed a comment letter with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on its proposed rule that would require SEC filers to provide certain disclosures about the use of specified conflict minerals originating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).  Advocacy urged the SEC to publish in the Federal Register an [...]

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On October 20, 2011, the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (Advocacy) submitted a comment on the proposed revisions to the 2008 final rule regarding Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Revisions to the Definition of Solid Waste (DSW). A copy of Advocacy’s comments can be found at http://www.sba.gov/advocacy/816.  Related comments were submitted to [...]

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Each week while Congress is in session the Office of Advocacy will post a highlights schedule of congressional hearings and committee markups that we think will be of interest to stakeholders in the small business community. For further information on the hearings in question please contact the relevant congressional committee.
THIS WEEK
The Senate is in recess [...]

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Small Businesses Lead the Way in Green Technology Innovation

Small Businesses Patent More and Have Important Patents Relative to Size
Washington, D.C. – infoZine – When it comes to green technology innovation, U.S. small business is leading the way according to a report released today by the SBA Office of Advocacy. The report titled Analysis of Small [...]

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How are credit conditions for small firms?
Credit conditions are improving. In mid-2010, commercial banks began to ease the tight lending conditions on small businesses that had begun in early 2007. And credit has continued to flow, as loans under $1 million totaled $695 billion in FY 2009. Also, after declining over the past few years, [...]

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Frequently Asked Questions about Small Business Finance is an eight-page pamphlet that illus­trates the financial ecosystem. The financial ecosystem is the full range of resources that firms access to survive and grow—from mom-and-pops, on the one hand, to high-tech startups, on the other. The Finance FAQ sketches this full range of debt, equity, and other [...]

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What is the survival rate for new firms? 
Seven out of ten new employer firms last at least two years, and about half survive five years. More specifically, according to new Census data, 69 percent of new employer establishments born to new firms in 2000 survived at least two years, and 51 percent survived five or [...]

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Capitol Hill Connection for the Week of October 17
Each week while Congress is in session the Office of Advocacy will post a highlights schedule of congressional hearings and committee markups that we think will be of interest to stakeholders in the small business community. For further information on the hearings in question please contact the [...]

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