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I wanted to share with you a guest post from Navy Captain Brad Cooper, Executive Director of the "Joining Forces" initiative. I know I speak for all of us here at SBA when I say we are grateful for our military community and excited to be a partner in this nationwide initiative. -Karen After nearly 10 years of war, our nation has asked more of our service members and their families than ever before. In an effort to help give back to our military community, we are asking Americans to get involved in any way they can - and...
This week, I visited Raleigh Denim, a small business in North Carolina. Inspired by a junior-high shop teacher who taught him to make things by hand, a young man named Victor and his wife Sarah started their business in their apartment. They had the idea that there could be demand for a handcrafted, iconic American-made product like jeans. They bought a cheap, old sewing machine and hired local people who knew – or could be taught – the old-fashioned ways of American textile manufacturing, an industry...
Small business entrepreneurship is part of my very fiber. My grandfather was one of the first people of color to win a state contract in Indiana for his lawn-care business. Later, he helped my uncle start his own pharmacy in Indianapolis when others wouldn’t hire him simply because of the color of his skin. Today, there are two people in Washington who have been fighting harder than ever for America’s diverse small businesses and the workers they hire: President Obama and Vice President Biden. This month alone,...
It’s Nico with SBA’s Office of Communications and Public Liaison. This week I’m live blogging from the 29th Annual Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week conference in Washington, DC. After catching a panel on international markets (Access to Markets: Doing Business in Latin America), I spoke to Thomas Costa of Coastal Group, a HUB Zone-certified small business based in New York State. ...
It’s Nico with SBA’s Office of Communications and Public Liaison. This week I’m live blogging from the 29th Annual Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week conference in Washington, DC. The welcome remarks have ended, and the conference has split into three separate tracks, with panels on contracting, financing and international markets. After the presentation for Access to Contracts: Doing Business with the Federal Government, I caught up with Tiger Staffing’s Anthony Bryant. Here are some...
It’s Nico with SBA’s Office of Communications and Public Liaison. This week I’m live blogging from the29th Annual Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week conference in Washington, DC. We just kicked off Wednesday’s events with opening remarks from our Administrator Karen Mills and David Hinson, National Director for the Minority Business Development Agency, and others. ...
When a friend or family member asks what you do to help small businesses, what do you say? I am Human Resources Specialist in the Office of Human Capital Management. My duties include researching various talent bases through outreach recruitment efforts to ensure SBA has the resources they need to assist small businesses start, grow and succeed. I have worked in a number of capacities at SBA over the past 16 years, to include the Office of Entrepreneurial Development. Therefore, I have helped small...
As one of SBA's resource partners, SCORE has provided counseling and mentoring to small business owners and entrepreneurs for the past 40 years. There are over 13,000 SCORE volunteers working in 364 chapters across the country. Last year, SCORE counselors helped create over 71,000 jobs. Now they have a new website, and an inspiring new series of videos featuring small business owners like you who have grown their business with help from SCORE volunteers. You can watch the whole series on their website.
The thousands of small businesses that provide great products and services to the federal government have a big reason to cheer the President’s “QuickPay” announcement today, which will cut in half the amount of time it takes to put money in their hands to 15 days instead of 30 days. This results in a permanent infusion of cash flow into their business, which they can put towards working capital, expanding their businesses, marketing their products, and creating jobs. Recently, I talked to Rachel Carson, the...
When a friend or family member asks what you do to help small businesses, what do you say? I always tell them that as a Business Development Specialist I come in contact with start-ups and existing small businesses. I provide them with information on the SBA’s programs and services in English and Spanish. I also let them know about the wonderful resource partners we have who are available to help them with free business counseling, management and technical assistance, training,...
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by Karen Mills, SBA Administrator on Monday, October 3, 2011 - 18:13