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

Up and Running

Each week we discuss the latest news, resources and advice for entrepreneurs and small business owners. In this week’s episode we discuss: 10 Things the Bank Will Ask When You Need a Business Loan. We’re helping small businesses. Peter: Collateral is a major sticking point for a lot of small businesses.

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Entrepreneurship for the 99%

Steve Blank

The reality is that the United States is still a nation of small businesses. million) of the 15 million net new jobs created between 1993 and 2009. The tools and techniques available to small businesses on Main Street are the same ones that were being used for the last 75 years. 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. Through much of the 1990s and and into the 2000s, small businesses accounted for 65% of new jobs created in the economy. But then came the recession.