The Small Business Watchdog

            In a couple weeks, the Office of Advocacy will release the next edition of our quarterly indicators for small business.  Much of that document will hinge on what we learn from the first quarter 2009 real gross domestic product (GDP) figures, which will be released on April 29.  Given the severity of the recession, [...]

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            As the “Venture Capital (VC) guy” for the Office of Advocacy, I have been frequently asked whether venture capitalists are truly jumping into green technologies with both feet or are tentatively dipping a toe into the water.  The answer is more complicated than those questions suggest, but many VCs are going long and strong [...]

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            Troubled times are often the fuel of entrepreneurial spirit.  In a recent article in Entrepreneur magazine, Stimulus Package Has Green for Clean Energy, written by Glenn Croston, he notes the importance of supporting green businesses.  He quotes Byron Kennard, Executive Director of the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Small Business and the Environment as saying [...]

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