crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. According to the 2016 Kauffman Growth Entrepreneurship Index , Austin grew its startups faster than every city except Washington, D.C., Combined, these factors point to available money for business owners to invest in their ventures.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Small Business Labs. Tracking and Forecasting the Trends Impacting the Future of Small Business. Welcome to Small Business Labs. Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. Emergent Research.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

I give a talk to various business groups titled "The Future of Small Business in America". It also included some warnings about factors that were inhibiting entrepreneurs and could stifle continued entrepreneurial growth, including our tax policy, our approach to business regulation, and property rights.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 5, 2012

The dreaded pink slip - it’s still an all-too-common occurrence in America today. Big Government - or Small Business? And just a few years later - in the early 1990s - two demonstration projects (allowing people to start businesses with their unemployment benefits) were created in Massachusetts and Washington state.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Writing you today from Three Oaks, Michigan, aka “Michiana” Steve Case’s article this morning in the Washington Post – Why innovation and start-ups are thriving in ‘flyover’ country – is spot on. Wasn’t this done years ago to bring electricity to every home in America?

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, September 8, 2009 What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups? Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 So heres my simple question: What do folks in Washington need to know about the global community of entrepreneurs?

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

APRIL 26, 2010

My friend Rhonda Abrams has a message for Washington in her latest column at USA Today: " Listen up, government: Small business is most trusted group." From her column: "Be proud, small-business owners! You're now the most trusted group in America. Listen up, federal government! More than churches.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 29, 2016

The Small Business Administration and the digital services agency 18F are trying to help entrepreneurs build successful companies and the 21st century digital government. Small Business Administration. Small Business Administration ’s Associate Administrator and chief of its investment and innovation programs.

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www.huffingtonpost.com

MAY 10, 2011

Follow Mariam Naficy on Twitter: www.twitter.com/@mnaficy More in Business. Americas 10 Least Stressed States: Gallup-Healthways Comments 2 Pending Comments 0 View FAQ Comments are closed for this entry View All Recency | Popularity erickennedy 3 Fans Follow 07:05 PM on 11/30/2010 Great advice, Mariam. HuffPosts QuickRead.

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VC Adventure

APRIL 16, 2020

To save the US economy, policymakers need to understand small business 101. Policymakers in Washington, D.C., economy and the ways in which entrepreneurship and the small business landscape have changed over the past few decades. Most businesses have few employees. The text of our latest OpEd is below.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

For its first few decades Silicon Valley was content flying under the radar of Washington politics. Microsoft did not open a Washington office until 1995. The words “startup,” “entrepreneur,” and “innovation” are used fast, loose and furious by both parties in Washington. Fast forward to today. What’s not to like?

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 20, 2017

In 2016, marijuana sales in North America grew by a massive 30 percent, and sales are projected to reach $20.2 It doesn’t matter if you’re starting your cannabis business in Washington, Colorado, or Maine; you should start by building authentic relationships with your local cannabis community.”

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The vital signs for entrepreneurship in America continues to weaken. In the most recent snap shot of the health of small business, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Index of Small Business Optimism saw only slight improvement in August. The GEM looks at longer term trends.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

APRIL 6, 2010

It seems that Washington has a plan to pay for all of this new spending. What does this mean for small business? Third, every sales receipt in America would have to indicate the VAT penalty. Although I might buy into this scenario, I doubt the government-happy politicians in Washington would support his plan.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 25, 2011

Two of three of them say that business conditions are better than they were last year, and three out of four expect things to get even better in the next 12 months. And listen up Washington - 83 percent of them plan to hire in the coming year. And They Believe as I do, that America’s Decline has Been Greatly Exaggerated.

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Pascal's View

MAY 23, 2009

  The non-profit Security Innovation Network , on whose board of directors I now serve, is taking this message to Washington on June 25th. CSO Magazine   A brief description of my panel follows: The Innovation Crisis in America—Implications for Cyber Security. undermining the foundations of America’s economic growth engine.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

MAY 26, 2010

Ever since I wrote the post yesterday about the 1099 time bomb disaster that awaits small business owners in 2012 I have been trying to theorize why the government is making this move. Clearly the motivation is to keep better track of the transactions going on between businesses. And why bury it in the healthcare bill?

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

APRIL 12, 2010

It is not easy being an entrepreneur in America these days. While politicians in Washington love to give speeches touting how small businesses are the engines for job growth, revving up IRS audits of small business is like putting sugar in the gas tank.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 4, 2009

I’ve been to Washington, D.C. reversed, will create serious repercussions in America. in the small business ventures that drive new job creation in America. twice in the last two weeks to. speak with legislators and government agency representatives about the need for. message that U.S. message that U.S.

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Betsy Corcoran was a science and technology journalist for many years, working at Scientific American , The Washington Post and Forbes. While at The Washington Post, she broke stories on the Microsoft antitrust case from Washington before establishing the paper’s Silicon Valley office.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 2, 2016

On a more local level, small businesses regularly connect their businesses to networked associations like Chambers of Commerce where events like “ Aligning Business Goals with a Healthy Workforce ” and the “ Invest in America Summit ” held in Washington DC bring together leaders in businesses from local chamber members.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 6, 2015

As this is a holiday weekend (and the entire team is trying to get in a little recreation), we thought we’d repurpose this and see if it still has legs… On this Independence Day I have been thinking about the summer of ’76 and America’s Founding Fathers. George Washington. Photo: Makaristos.

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online.wsj.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Small Business. SMALL BUSINESS. more in Small Business. Harvard professor Noam Wasserman and WSJ small-business editor Vanessa OConnell took reader questions about avoiding start-up pitfalls on Sept. Small Business » Subscriber Content Read Preview. Washington.

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Up and Running

JULY 29, 2016

Family and friends knew I had always wanted to own my own business. They, like me, had also absorbed the persistent media message about the “graying of America.” Unfortunately, no one in my circle ever asked me about a business plan. In Washington, where I live, small assisted living homes are known as adult family homes.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2016

In most locations, you won’t need any specific licenses or certifications to start a travel business, but specific licensing requirements will vary by state and country. in general, there is no specific license needed to start a travel business; however, state laws vary. 35 Great Ways to Fund A Small Business.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2020

Sydney Gressel : And especially from what I've learned from our restaurant friends, a lot of bigger corporate restaurants and chains got a lot of those big relief packages to the tune of $10 and $20 million, and there's literally nothing left for most small businesses and most smaller restaurants.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 24, 2010

It is Washington. The "out to lunch and out of touch" tone and policy responses from both Democrats and so-called free market Republicans to the historical economic crisis facing American families and small businesses. So come on America, we're better than this. It is Wall Street. Let's start showing it.

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Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

America is full of entrepreneurs, inventor and dreamers. No one in Germany would ever believe that story but in America, things are different. He was elected to Congress in 2014 and serves on the House Armed Services Committee, the House Budget Committee and the House Small Business Committee. We need to continue that.

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VC Adventure

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In it we talk about the continued failure of the federal government to help small businesses and highlight some encouraging ways that local communities have stepped into the void to help. It’s inspiring but not surprising to see people across the US step up to help businesses stay afloat. Last week, the U.S.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

In a January 22nd op-ed in the Washington Post written with Nicole Lurie , he told us," We are past the if question and squarely facing the how-bad-will-it-be phase of the response." Beth Cameron, Washington Post , 3/13/2020 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Out of the Crisis #16: Robert Schooley U.S. Trump closed it."

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