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If you haven’t heard, on June 25th President Bush appointed a new chief of the Small Business Administration (SBA). The thing is, for the third time in a row, the appointed chief, Sandy Baruah, has very little small business experience. 
Not only has he never run a company of his own, his closest connection to small business would be a consultant job for a Performance Based Consulting Group in Oregon. The group helped improve medium and large-sized firms.
The SBA has constantly struggled with hitting targets and has had tons of problems with loans for …read more

As eyes look forward to a new business year, many small business owners and startup entrepreneurs are hoping that this upcoming year will be the one that catapults them into success. But businesses often overlook a key element when making their business plans and resolutions.
Most new businesses fail within three years and it’s often due to the fact that many business owners think that simply hanging up an OPEN sign and placing an ad in the yellow pages will attract customers. What it takes is a marketing technique thats effective – and in the case of many small business owners …read more