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Small Business Administration: SBA Clean Tech Loans Really Concern Me - Let's Talk
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Saturday, January 7, 2012. SBA Clean Tech Loans Really Concern Me - Let's Talk. If I as a retired entrepreneur, and founder of a think tank do not feel comfortable recommending these startups to angel investors and venture capitalists, for fear that it might tarnish my reputation, and realize it's not even my money involved, then why is it okay to use taxpayer guaranteed money to fund some of these same projects? In that case, may I ask why we are bothering with this? There was an interesting piece recen...
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Small Business Administration: Should the SBA Be a Cabinet Set in the US Executive Branch?
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011. Should the SBA Be a Cabinet Set in the US Executive Branch? There was an interesting article recently in Government Executive News titled; "Obama proposes reorganizing trade agencies, giving SBA Cabinet status," by Tom Shoop and Charles S. Clark published on January 13, 2012 - and the article stated:. You know, I'd sure like to see someone like that as the head of the SBA, someone who really believes in free-market economics and not gimmicks, hand-outs, or politically correct...
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Small Business Administration: Define Small Business?
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Sunday, April 1, 2012. The US Small Business Administration (SBA) defines a small business as a business with less than five hundred employees. That is the basic definition but there are a number of exceptions that would even include companies with as many as fifteen hundred employees. There are also revenue maximums. You need an attorney navigate that mine field. For our purposes a small business is;. 1 A business owned by an individual or small closely held group, usually no more than three. 6 The owne...
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Small Business Administration: The Boon That Is The Small Business Administration
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Saturday, July 2, 2011. The Boon That Is The Small Business Administration. The Small Business Administration(SBA) was established in 1953. Since that time the agency has dispensed huge amounts of money in loans and loan guarantees, contracts, consulting assistance and other programs for business across the United States. The seeds of the formation of the SBA were sown within the challenges of the Great Depression and World War I and grew due to numerous predecessor organizations. The Founding of SBA.
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Small Business Administration: Start-Up Financing - Get a SBA Loan for Start-Up, Franchise, or Business Purchase
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Monday, February 27, 2012. Start-Up Financing - Get a SBA Loan for Start-Up, Franchise, or Business Purchase. One of the best ways to obtain start-up financing for a small business is the SBA 7(a) Loan Program. The SBA (Small Business Administration) is a governmental entity whose sole purpose is to support small business in the United States. One of the programs it sponsors is the 7(a) Loan Program which allows new businesses to take advantage of bank financing. Be prepared to answer several difficult q...
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Small Business Administration: The Importance of the Small Business Administration
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Friday, March 2, 2012. The Importance of the Small Business Administration. Despite being overworked and underfunded, the Small Business Administration (SBA) is taking body shots from all sides. And it just isn't fair. How many people can truthfully say to a small business owner, "I am from the government and I'm here to help? But USA Today recently reported that SBA workers are reporting low morale, high stress. Swamped by disaster loan applications from victims of the Gulf Coast hurricanes, the SBA...