SBA Programming:
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SBA and Count Me In: Working Together to Help Women Entrepreneurs Start, Grow and Succeed
Nell provides information for women entrepreneurs seeking access to financial resources. She also discusses the partnership that Count Me In and the SBA have developed and the benefits that they both provide to entrepreneurs and small business owners.
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Women’s Business Ownership: Starting, Financing and Growing the Right Way
Nearly 104 million businesses are majority owned by women. They provide 12 million jobs and generate more than a trillion dollars in sales. This discussion provides guidance for women in how to get off to the right start in building, financing and growing their small businesses.
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SBA’s Office of Native American Affairs: Engaging the Entrepreneurial Spirit of Native Americans
Each year American Indian-, Alaska Native-, and Native Hawaiian-owned businesses add billions to the American economy. This discussion includes how the Office of Native American Affairs works to ensure Native Americans have full access to all SBA programs and services and to engage their historic entrepreneurial spirit.
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SBA’s Veterans Business Development: Military Service to Small Business Ownership
Unemployment numbers for veterans are the highest in the nation. Learn how SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development can help veterans explore their options and learn the skills of small business ownership.
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Competing in the Global Market: SBA’s International Trade Programs
International trade is a hot topic. The discussion delves into the tremendous opportunities for U.S. small businesses to sell their goods and services to foreign buyers and how SBA can help.
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Anticipating Change: Staying Current with Your Business Plan
Anticipating and planning for change is part of running a successful business.This includes changes in revenue, disasters, succession strategy and successful growth.
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SBA Provides Disaster Assistance to Homeowners, Renters, Businesses
If disaster strikes your business, home or apartment, learn how the business of the Small Business Administration can help you get back to business.
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A Small Loan Can Make a Big Difference: SBA’s Microloan Program
Grady outlines the SBA’s microloan program, explains the criteria to qualify and steps you should take before applying for a microloan.
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ARC Loan Program Provides Relief For Stressed Small Businesses
Learn how stressed small businesses can use America’s Recovery Capital loan guarantee program to provide temporary relief from credit-card bills and certain other obligations.
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Peak Performance: Assessment & Strategies - How to Survive in a Slowing Economy
Jim describes SBA's easy to use online tool that gives the small business owner a quick assessment of their business and status, and provides a series of survival strategies.
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Putting Energy Into Profits: Energy Star – Guide for Small Business
Helpful tips and insights on how small businesses can implement simple steps to reduce energy consumption, purchase green energy, help the environment and save money.
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Going Green Can Save You Green
Learn how one environmentally conscious small business owner combines green business practices with running a profitable company.
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Loan Program Changes Helping Small Businesses
Changes to the SBA’s largest loan-guarantee program can help small business owners with needed financing in tough economic times.
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Downshifting in a Slowing Economy
With an emphasis on planning, explore what the SBA has to offer small business owners as they develop their strategies for surviving in a slowing economy.
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Marketing to the Federal Government
Insightful tips to help small business owners prepare to market their companies to the federal government; for example, acquiring a Dun and Bradstreet number and mistakes to avoid.
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Getting Your Small Business Ready for Tax Season
Professional tips to help small business owners prepare to file their 2008 taxes. Learn about deductions for home-based offices, start-up businesses and more.
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On-line Reporting of Employee Wages
The Social Security Administration has a free on-line tool to help small businesses simplify reporting employee wages. Learn more about filing W-2s on-line.
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Financing a Small Business
SBA's business loan programs provide a key source of financing for viable small business that have a real potential, but may not qualify for loans from traditional sources.
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Patriot Express Initiative
Members of our nation's military community now have increased opportunities to startor expand small businesses thanks to the Patriot Express Initiative.
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The SBA's Long-Term, Fixed-Rate Loan Guaranty Program
SBA's Certified Development Company (504) loan program provides long-term, fixed-rate loans for small business owners who want to expand their businesses. Learn more about this loan program.
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Check List for Starting a Business
How can a prospective entrepreneur know if he or she is ready to start a business? This checklist helps you identify what you need to know and what you need to do to start a small business.
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SBA Programs Support Entrepreneurial Veterans
U.S. veterans who want to start or expand their own small businesses can receive assistance including SBA loan guarantees, management advice and government contracting programs to sell products and services here and overseas.
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Is Entrepreneurship for You?
Each year more than 600,000 new businesses are started in the United States. Many will succeed while others fail. Find out if you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur and how training maybe be the key to success.
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The SBA Small Business Training Network—Log On!
To succeed in business entrepreneurs must stay competitive. An essential ingredient to being competitive is training. Learn how SBA’s online Small Business Training Network—a virtual campus—can help potential and current small business owners start, grow and succeed.
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Selecting a Business That Fits
It is said, the secret to starting a successful business is to “Find a Need and Fill It.” However, starting a business must be pursued for the right reasons or it is destined to fail. It is important that you select a business that blends with your interests, skills and expectations.
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