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When a friend or family member asks what you do to help small businesses, what do you say? I tell that them that SBA is the small and friendly federal agency that is tasked with this big mission: to help businesses start, grow and prosper. SBA does this through delivery of capital, contracting, and counseling assistance programs. If their eyes begin to gloss over, I then simply mention a well-known, local small business that received SBA assistance, and the light seems to suddenly go on for them! What’s your favorite thing...
Rhett Jeppson is the Associate Administrator for Veterans Business Development On Memorial Day, we pause to remember the brave men and women of our Armed Services who have given the ultimate sacrifice for their country in war and conflict. What better way to honor their memory, than to support the many thousands who are serving in conflict, as well all of those who have returned home? At the U.S. Small Business Administration, this means helping to create an environment where our returning men and women can achieve the American dream....
Editor's note: This blog article, by US Chief Technology Officer Todd Park, originally appeared on WhiteHouse.gov. The RFP-EZ project is sponsored by SBA and BusinessUSA. Today, we are very excited to be launching the new Presidential Innovation Fellows program. This new initiative will bring top innovators from outside government for focused “tours of duty” with our best federal innovators on game-changing projects. Combining the know-how of citizen change agents and government change agents in small, agile...
At the U.S. Small Business Administration, we have the great privilege to work with many amazing small business owners. Every day I see how small businesses are creating an economy built to last and living the American Dream. I wanted to share these great stories with everyone – so we asked small business owners to share their stories in a short video that demonstrates how their business benefited from the SBA and makes a difference in their local community. The response to SBA's first video contest was...
This week we’re blogging from National Small Business Week, a public-private partnership event to honor and empower America’s small business community. We just wrapped up the Phoenix Award banquet, honoring the selfless disaster recovery efforts of four individuals. Al Mignacci, a retired engineer, took the community under his wing after tornadoes hit the Stony Brook mobile home development in Raleigh, North Carolina. He volunteered his time and professional skills to rebuild mobile homes, coordinate other...
This week we’re live-blogging from National Small Business Week, a public-private partnership event to honor and empower America’s small business community. We just finished a morning session honoring federal contractors and subcontractors. In addition to remarks from Administrator Karen Mills, we heard from Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan about their commitment to supporting small business procurement to achieve their agency goals. SBA recognized winners for a variety of procurement...
This week we’re live-blogging from National Small Business Week, a public-private partnership event to honor and empower America’s small business community. We just announced this year’s National Small Business Person of the Year - Victoria Tifft, President and CEO of Clinical Research Management in Hinckley, Ohio. Congratulations on your award. What inspired you to start your business? I had an idea that I could provide a service where there was a need. No one else was doing it. It seems like a lot of entrepreneurs...
This week we’re live-blogging from National Small Business Week, a public-private partnership event to honor and empower America’s small business community. Today’s events kicked off with a breakfast honoring SBA’s resource partners and lenders, who provide education, training and capital to entrepreneurs and business owners in their communities. The event featured remarks from SBA Associate Administrator of Entrepreneurial Development Michael Chodos, SBA Administrator Karen Mills, and NASA Administrator...
It’s that time of year again! Today, SBA joins the entire Obama Administration in wishing a very happy National Small Business Week to the more than 28 million American small businesses, their employees and the people they serve! National Small Business Week is a public-private partnership to honor small businesses from communities across America. Small businesses all over the country continue to thrive, driving the national recovery and creating an American economy built to last. Building on that momentum, President Obama and I...
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs have funded great companies like Qualcomm, Genzyme, and iRobot in their earliest days. These federal programs are what help our entrepreneurs grow, succeed and create jobs, and the Obama Administration has made its success a priority. The good news is, the program was reauthorized for six years by Congress and signed into law by President Obama at the end of 2011. Since then, the Small Business Administration has been...
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