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Episode 1: Business Loans, Website Tips, and the Apple Watch – The Bcast

Up and Running

I think that’s the starting point for most businesses is that things like the bank lending space, the what is the SBA and how are they here to help me? I think that’s why a lot of people consider these business loans or these SBA loans a little bit daunting and maybe even a little confusing. Some banks house SBA loans.

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Entrepreneurship for the 99%

Steve Blank

million) of the 15 million net new jobs created between 1993 and 2009. The reality is that the United States is still a nation of small businesses. of the ~6 million companies in the U.S. have less than 500 people and they employ 50% of the 121 million workers getting a paycheck. They accounted for 65 percent (or 9.8

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The Importance of Small Business and Jobs

The Entrepreneurial Mind

The importance small businesses for both job creation and job loss in our economy is highlighted in a new study from the SBA Office of Advocacy. Tags: Public Policy, Economics and Entrepreneurship Brian Headd SBA Office of Advocacy small business employment Susan Walthall.