SmallBusinessExecutiveInforming, Inspiring and Connecting Businesses
SBA to offer web chat on starting a business
Submitted by the U.S. Small Business Administration WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration’s February web chat will offer business startup advice for entrepreneurs. If you are considering starting a business in 2012, the Small Business Administration provides resources for finding a mentor, improving your business skills and getting training to help boost your ideas. [...]
SBA offers marketing tips for Small Business Saturday
Submitted by the U.S. Small Business Administration Saturday, Nov. 26, marks the second annual Small Business Saturday, a day to support the local small businesses that create jobs, boost the economy and preserve neighborhoods around the country. First there was Black Friday, and then Cyber Monday, and now Small Business Saturday will help drive shoppers [...]
How to prepare to launch a successful business
By Jodie Jacobs Jewish Business News Whether you’re tired of office politics, a victim of downsizing or have a passion for something other than what you’re doing, you may think you’re ready to leap into the world of entrepreneurship. But how can you prepare to be successful in a difficult economy? When asked if people [...]
Young Chicago coffee entrepreneur traces success back to the farmer
By Ann Meyer – Jacob Elster knows a good cup of coffee when he tastes it, but he also likes to know where it came from. That’s why Crop to Cup, the fast-growing coffee business Elster started with Taylor Mork in 2007, includes on its website and on farmer profile cards the stories of the [...]
For resale shop owner, success arrived in multiple locations
By Ann Meyer – The larger Elaine Krieger’s business gets, the more flexibility she has. Choosing when and where to work are fringe benefits to owning a business, she said. As an entrepreneur, “I’ve worked the hardest and the easiest I ever have in my life,” said Krieger, president of Krieger Kiddie Corp. in Naperville, [...]
Credit unions poised to expand lending
By Jiyoon Jane Yu Medill News Service – After being turned down for a bank loan, Matthew and Kelly Lembke received funds from a credit union to purchase a truck brokerage company. “As our business grew, our line of credit also needed to grow in order to keep up,” said Kelly Lembke, co-owner of Lembke Inc. in Normal, Ill. [...]
SBDCs slated for funding cuts
A New York Times blog is reporting that the Obama administration plans to cut federal funding for the nation’s small business development centers by about 10 percent in its proposed 2012 budget for the U.S. Small Business Administration. The centers, which provide counseling to small businesses, would see their funding cut to $103 million from [...]
