Are you taking full advantage of the marketing capabilities of your business’s product packaging? Your packaging can be the deciding factor in whether a prospective customer purchases your product…

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César Chávez once said, “We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community… Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and…

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Note: This post is co-authored by Barbara Carson and Erin Andrew, Assistant Administrator for SBA’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership. This is a great time to be a woman veteran…
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Summary: 

The President and this Administration are committed to modernizing the experience of government for the American people by leveraging advances in tech and innovation.

“We’…

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If there’s just one formal business skill every business owner should have, it’s understanding and forecasting cash flow. It’s not intuitive because it’s not the same as profits; but it’s vital….
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The basic idea is for the IRA or a qualified retirement plan to own the business and you own the IRA or qualified retirement plan, so you indirectly continue to own your business. Some do this…
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Social media can be a huge driver of website traffic, awareness of your brand and, of course, new business leads, and online and offline sales. Social media can also be a time suck that…
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The FDIC has made much needed revisions to a myriad of proposed rules regarding the assessment of deposit insurance for small banks (under $10 billion in assets).  I applaud the bankers…

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Note: This post is co-authored by Erin Andrew, and John Shoraka, Associate Administrator for Government Contracting and Business Development. 

Women in business today have made…

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In honor of Women’s History Month, join us on Thursday, March 10 at 3:00 pm ET for a Twitter chat on tips and resources for women thinking about starting or growing a business. Female influencers…

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Editor’s note: This blog is from the U.S. Department of Commerce…
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Starting a food business has to be one of the most challenging businesses to get into. The harsh reality is that most fail within the first year. The restaurant business in notoriously tough, but…
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