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7 Advantages That Local Small Business Owners Enjoy

Startup Professionals Musings

According to recent statistics from the Small Business Administration (SBA), this approach still accounts for 99 percent the businesses out there today. Take pride in your leadership role in the local environment. As the total owner of your own small business, you have maximum control of where and how to spend your time and money.

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How to Fine-tune Your Small Business Finances—from Funding to Growth [Webinar Recap]

Up and Running

Now I train people in communications and leadership. The most obvious place that businesses and or accountants turn to for their small business clients is generally banks, big banks, community banks, you name it. When you go into a community bank on average fifty percent of applicants are declined. There are SBA loans.

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With the Federal Government Doing Nothing, Communities Step Up

VC Adventure

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. Op-ed: Communities across America rush to save Main Street as federal relief for small business stalls. Last week, the U.S.