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    White House Rolls Out Small Biz Jobs Proposals

    So, while the Saints were busy winning the Superbowl with a yawnful first half and an amazingly exciting second half, yours truly was busy getting the week’s microbusiness news ready to roll.
    Never doubt my devotion to microbusinesses!
    Of course, in my opinion, the best news of the week is the research. I’m so excited, I can [...]

     
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featuredimage Special: An Interview with Anita Campbell

Well, here's something completely different. I decided to take a break from complaining about politicians for this final podcast of the ...

featuredimage Special Commentary: Microbusiness Manifesto

As I mentioned last week, both my newsletters (The MicroEnterprise Journal and the Microbusiness News Briefs) are on hiatus until ...

featuredimage Special Commentary: Labor Day 2009

Have you ever noticed that we have emerged from recession to 'jobless recovery' in every economic downturn the U.S. has ...

Podcasts

NSBA: Small Firms Cautiously Optimistic About 2010

Apologies for the late podcast, folks!
So, this week, I’m doing something a little different. Last week, I interviewed business author Ainslie Waldron while she was here in the States on a book tour. Normally, I’d post that interview separately as a Podcast Special: Unconventional Thinker or something along those lines.
But this time, I decided that [...]

 
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Microfinance Makes Itself Felt Through Crisis

It’s a weird thing to say “Happy” Martin Luther King, Jr. Day because it’s not a happy day in the same sense as, say, a “Happy New Year” or a “Happy Independence Day.”
If you don’t happen to be among those who feel a personal connection to this holiday and the man it is meant to [...]

 
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Microbusinesses Still Don’t Get Much Help

This week brings you more on President Obama’s thinking when it comes to offering small business policy goodies in the hopes of getting said small businesses to start hiring again.
I don’t know how well that sort of incentive would work. Small employers would no doubt welcome some sort of payroll tax holiday or cut in [...]

 
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