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Guest Commentary: Georgia and the National Export Initiative

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:21:44 +0100

GlobalAtlanta.com - 02.05.10 - Dr. Alex Alexandrides The goal of the president’s National Export Initiative, which was formally announced on Feb. 4, is to double the value of U.S. exports from $1 trillion to $2 trillion and create 2 million jobs in five years. Under the present international economic conditions, the achievement of the president’s goal is a national challenge to the economic ingenuity of business and labor, government and academia. Georgia is the ...

Who me? A business owner?

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:37:04 +0100

The Orange County Register - 2-03-2010 - JAN NORMAN Mission Viejo resident Kirsten Wright thought she'd spend her career in Fortune 500 companies, then retire at age 50 with a fat 401(k). The recession changed that strategy. After working in marketing at several companies, the 24-year-old was laid off in April 2009. She couldn't find any marketing jobs, so she asked her followers and friends on Twitter and Facebook whether she should start her own business. "Go fo ...

UI helps Coralville health information provider through growing pains

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:21:28 +0100

Media-Newswire.com - February 5, 2010 - University of Iowa News Service The University of Iowa's Small Business Development Center (SBDC) is helping a Coralville business that helps health care providers make sure their patients know exactly what's wrong with them. The Web-based Patient Education Institute ( PEI ) needed assistance to manage its growth, since it's up to 1.1 million users a month. So its founder, Moe Ajam, worked with SBDC Director Paul Heath to formulate a business s ...

COC's On The Cutting Edge Of Business

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:06:21 +0100

KHTS News - February 04 2010 - Jeremiah McDaniel College of the Canyons has done some expanding over the years, but their latest step will push them and their abilities to serve the community into the 21 century. The Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center recently celebrated it's grand opening, and on Thursday morning the Chancellors Business Council welcomed local business leaders to the 21st Century Business Symposium. Guests were treated to a presentation by Jay Thomas ...

Women-Owned IdeaLearning Group Receives Small Business Administration Loan Through US Bank

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:48:17 +0100

PRWeb.com - February 4, 2010 The federal Small Business Administration’s Small Business Development Center approves a business loan for women-owned IdeaLearning Group, an employee training and development company based in Portland, Oregon. Portland, Ore. (PRWEB) February 4, 2010 -- Christmas Eve brought a unique gift to IdeaLearning Group (http://idealearninggroup.com/) owners Jillian Douglas and Shannon McKenzie. On that day, they signed the papers for a Community Expr ...

Central California Small Business Development Center Newsletter February 2010

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:27:52 +0100

SBDC California - February 2010 Dear Valerie, Message from the Director Is Business Falling Off? In a down economy, most businesses experience an initial drop in revenues. Many do not know what to do and feel somewhat hopeless. This should not be the case, unless of course, your product or service is obsolete, such as Buggy Whip sales and repair. ...

Proposal: Small business funding idea for NJ

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:40:53 +0100

nj.com - February 03, 2010 - Melissa Gasnick Cloeter and Linda Wellbr... Part of our mission is to keep you updated on programs and ideas that might be of benefit for women entrepreneurs. We wanted to let you know about a proposed solution for NJ's economic and business woes and we want your feedback. In an effort to stimulate growth and retain jobs here in New Jersey, a concept has surfaced with a solution which could be effective in job creation, supporting entrepreneurial ventures ...

Grant program awards funding to 20 local small businesses

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:26:29 +0100

The Signal Santa Clarita Valley - Feb. 2, 2010 - City of Santa Clarita The Redevelopment Agency of the city of Santa Clarita (Agency) awarded $5,000 grants to 20 Newhall Redevelopment Project Area small businesses at its Jan. 12 Meeting. Made possible through funding from the Agency's Small Business Grant program, the effort is part of the city's 21 Point Business Plan for Progress. The Newhall Redevelopment Small Business Grant program (NRSBG) is designed to provide financial assis ...

House commerce committee chair: Economic development must be locally driven

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:12:47 +0100

Daily American - January 30, 2010 For State Rep. Peter J. Daley, D-Washington/Fayette, economic development and job creation are top of mind. Daley, chairman of the Pennsylvania House Commerce Committee, opened the first in a series of public hearings earlier this week to assess local needs that will shape the state’s recovery efforts at Arcadia Performing Arts Theatre. ...

WHERE NOT TO LOOK FOR MONEY TO START YOUR COMPANY

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:05:11 +0100

SBDC National Network - February 2, 2010 - Bob Reiss One of the major obstacles Entrepreneurs face in starting a new business is where to go to raise the required money they need. It can also be the most time consuming, frustrating, and disheartening factor in start-ups. Here are some suggestions on where not to go that will save you time, energy, and angst. By not going there, you can focus your energies and precious time on more realistic prospects. ...

Chamber 'Member of the Year' is into business

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:31:35 +0100

DailyDemocrat.com - 01/28/2010 - Published By Daily Democrat Ken Freeman has been selected as the 2009 recipient for the Woodland Chamber of Commerce Member of the Year. Freeman will be recognized when the chamber holds its annual installation dinner on Friday night. Jim Hilliard will be installed at that time as the chamber president for 2010. Freeman is director of the Northeastern California Small Business Development Center Yuba College District. The SBDC is a national progr ...

The new entrepreneurs

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:58:37 +0100

Honolulu Weekly - Jan 27, 2010 - Margot Seeto Honolulu is home to great resources for would-be entrepreneurs. Thinking of starting your own gig? Read this first. “Small business dominates our economy here,” says Jane Sawyer, the Hawaii district director of the Small Business Administration. Hawaii may be famous for its large number of public employees, but Sawyer says when it comes to the private sector, we go small. Really small. “Most of our businesses would re ...

Entrepreneurs complete Rutgers Business School training program to help grow business, create jobs

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:42:36 +0100

PR Log (Press Release) – Jan 27, 2010 – Daniel J. Stoll New Jersey Entrepreneurship Pioneers Initiative trains 50 budding entrepreneurs in north Jersey, funding by Prudential and PNC ensures continuation of project On a bright January day in Newark, 50 beaming entrepreneurs gathered at the Paul Robeson Center on Rutgers-Newark’s campus to celebrate the completion of the Entrepreneurship Pioneers Initiative which had started back in May 2009. “I w ...

New Small-Business Director to Involve Statewide Universities

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:14:30 +0100

Free-Times.com - 02/01/2010 - RON AIKEN Abraham to Focus on Entrepreneurship, Business Retention For Michele Abraham, new director of the Frank L. Roddy South Carolina Small Business Development Center, getting started on the right foot at her new office at the Moore School of Business on Monday wasn’t a problem. It was dragging the other foot along that was a pain. ...

Barking up the right tree: 3 local businesses flourish with help of SBDC

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:50:29 +0100

TradingMarkets.com - Jan 26, 2010 (The Santa Fe New Mexican - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) Dr. T. Murt Byrne, known as Dr. Murt, has been practicing veterinary medicine in the Eldorado community since 1993. His business, the Eldorado Animal Clinic, has grown from two people working out of a rented space to a flourishing practice with his own building with 25 employees. Byrne credits a good part of his success to the advice he received from the Sm ...

National Small Business Development Center Advisory Board

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:15:41 +0100

TradingMarkets.com - Jan 26, 2010

SUMMARY: The SBA is issuing this notice to announce the location, date, time and agenda for the first quarter meetings of the National Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Advisory Board.

Federal Contracting Opportunity

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:08:11 +0100

Charleston Area Alliance Blog - Jan 26, 2010‎ The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) in Washington, DC is hosting an event on Thursday, February 18 for small business owners on doing business with the AOC and the Capitol’s Visitor Center. (Registration details will follow.) The Visitor Center is looking for educational toys, jewelry, and souvenir apparel whose product themes are focused on the Capitol. ...

SUNY Ulster to host center for business development

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:57:21 +0100

The Herald-Record - January 26, 2010 - Adam Bosch STONE RIDGE — The Mid-Hudson Region Small Business Development Center is opening an office on the SUNY Ulster campus. The Stone Ridge center provides counseling and technical assistance to small business owners in the area. ...

Small business center gets new director

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:19:26 +0100

The Times and Democrat.com - January 25, 2010 Michele Abraham will begin Monday, Jan. 25, as the new state director of the Frank L. Roddey South Carolina Small Business Development Center. Abraham will replace John Lenti, who retired after more than 20 years of service. “We are excited to have someone of Michele’s professionalism leading the Small Business Development Center,” said Claude Lilly, dean of the College of Business and Behavioral Science at Clemso ...

Local Economy Gets A Boost From COC

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:12:44 +0100

KHTS News - January 24, 2010 Advanced Technology Incubator Back in Business at College of the Canyons With a mission to attract, launch, grow and graduate advanced-technology businesses into the local economy, while integrating education with entrepreneurship, the College of the Canyons I3 Advanced Technology Incubator has reopened with a new location in the Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center. A component of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) hosted by College ...