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5 Ways to Start Selling Online
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Franchise Businesses That Show Up When A Disaster Strikes
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Operate as a CDC
https://www.sba.gov/partners/lenders/cdc504-loan-program/operate-cdc… when the aggregate total is $5,000 or more, or at the time the wrap-up report is submitted. Copies of invoices and … -
New Report Shows Consequential Impacts of SBA Pandemic Relief
https://www.sba.gov/article/2025/01/15/new-report-shows-consequential-impacts-sba-pandemic-relief… nationwide.” The study shows that participating in one of the four pandemic-era relief programs, most notably … -
Magic City Hoagies
https://www.sba.gov/success-stories/magic-city-hoagies… Her business plan was shelved during the relocation and time needed to care for her young family. Staley routinely … but never looked at the business opportunities. Until one Sunday in August 2014, when she saw that an established … to add a delivery service and an online ordering and payment system. Staley stayed busy serving her community and … -
SBA Growth Accelerator Fund Competition to Accelerate Innovation-Driven Ecosystem Building with Up to $9 Million in Awards
https://www.sba.gov/article/2024/12/19/sba-growth-accelerator-fund-competition-accelerate-innovation-driven-ecosystem-building-9-million… and maturity of innovation ecosystems in two stages. Stage One: Application opens Jan. 8, 2025 The Stage One application offers $75,000 in cash prizes to … should align their application with one of two GAFC theme areas : Lab-to-market, bridging the … -
Business Trends to Keep Top of Mind in 2022
https://www.sba.gov/blog/business-trends-keep-top-mind-2022… for good reason. With 2022 in sight, there is no better time than now to prepare for the trends that will likely … e-commerce. The shift to digital shopping has been a long time coming. From 2019 to 2020 alone, e-commerce saw a 35% … to make sure you are investing in tools such as touchless payment options. Get ready for increased foot traffic. While … -
Business Equipment Financing & Leasing: 7 Key Tips to Know
https://www.sba.gov/blog/business-equipment-financing-leasing-7-key-tips-know… leasing a piece of machinery that you will use for a long time, you most likely will need a capital lease. Now keep in … #7 – Combine multiple business equipment purchases under one lease. To keep things simple and cost effective it’s best … your company needs and bundle the leasing into one single payment. Doing this can possibly enable you to get a better … -
Moments that Matter: Making the Connection
https://www.sba.gov/blog/moments-matter-making-connection… Retired U.S. Air Force Major Gary Peterson is the owner of One Community Auto in Albuquerque, New Mexico. After his … course, and dusted off a great small business idea. One Community Auto has a simple mission—help non-profits … charities, and five employees, which includes one part-time veteran. Now a fully profitable business, Gary intends … -
ROM 10-04 - Review of Controls Over Job Creation and Retention Statistics Reported by SBA under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
https://www.sba.gov/document/report-rom-10-04-rom-10-04-review-controls-over-job-creation-retention-statistics-reported-sba-under-american… existing jobs. SBA selected job creation and retention as one of its performance measures to assess the success of its … controls to ensure the integrity of its job data. At the time of our audit, the June 2009 data was the only full month … the quantifiable outcomes of their Recovery Act programs. One of the performance measures selected by SBA for its … -
Eric M. Thorson Inspector General U.S. Small Business Administration Before the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship United States Senate November 13, 2007
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How to Find a Franchise That Fits
https://www.sba.gov/blog/how-find-franchise-fits… purchasing a franchise is a step-by-step process. One of those steps is conducting a self-assessment. This … find a franchise that’s a fit for your skills, it becomes one of your major reasons for signing on the dotted line. … and you could have a decent amount of money saved by the time you retire, it’s not the same as having equity . But if … -
Five Strategies for Winning at Working Solo
https://www.sba.gov/blog/five-strategies-winning-working-solo… There are only 24 hours in a day, and you can’t work every one of them. You have to let others handle certain matters … on your business. 2. Put together a team of experts As a one-person business, you don’t have a legal department, an … what you need, especially if your business changes over time. Banker . It’s helpful to establish a relationship with … -
Simple Social Media Guide for Small Businesses
https://www.sba.gov/blog/simple-social-media-guide-small-businesses… media – from the content to the execution–takes effort and time. If you do not have the resources to managing multiple … the National Football League's biggest game when it aptly time tweeted, “you can still dunk in the dark”. Earlier this … -
SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Centers to Open in Craig and Klawock
https://www.sba.gov/article/2024/04/30/sba-disaster-loan-outreach-centers-open-craig-klawock… SBA will open Disaster Loan Outreach Centers, each for one day only in Craig and in Klawock in southeast Alaska. “At … Third St. Craig, AK 99921 Opening Wednesday, May 1, for one day only 9 a.m. – 5 pm SOUTHEAST ISLAND REAA Disaster … Summit St. Klawock, AK 99925 Opening Thursday, May 2, for one day only 9 a.m. – 5 pm. SBA also previously established a … -
SBA Announces Two $150,000 Grants to Fund Women’s Business Centers in Oregon and Washington D.C.
https://www.sba.gov/article/2023/07/14/sba-announces-two-150000-grants-fund-womens-business-centers-oregon-washington-dc… and Washington, D.C. Each location will be awarded one grant of up to $150,000. The recipients must be private, … areas of existing WBCs in Oregon and Washington, D.C. “One of our main goals here at the SBA is to meet women … in Oregon on July 17, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time (1:00 p.m. Eastern Time). The Eventbrite registration is … -
Instructions for Prepayment of SBIC Pooled Debentures
https://www.sba.gov/document/support--instructions-prepayment-sbic-pooled-debentures… interest and SBA annual charge payments are due (Payment Dates) or at certain time periods in between Payment Dates. Full semi-annual interest and SBA annual … -
SBA Adopts Office of Management and Budget’s NAICS 2017 Revision for its Table of Small Business Size Standards
https://www.sba.gov/article/2017/sep/29/sba-adopts-office-management-budgets-naics-2017-revision-its-table-small-business-size-standards… increase to size standards for six NAICS 2012 industries: (one in Sector 21, Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas … and two in Sector 44-45, Retail Trade) and part of one industry in Sector 44-45, a decrease to size standards for two (one in Sector 21 and one in Sector 51, Information), a change … -
Counseling and help
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