Archive for April, 2009

Do Your Potential Customers Forget About You? – Tom Kulzer

April 27th, 2009 admin

Your web business probably gets product inquiries from potential customers around the globe. Inquiries come via e-mail and your web site, and you try to send information to each hot prospect as quickly as you can. You know that you can drastically increase the likelihood of making a sale by satisfying each person’s need for information quickly!

But, after you’ve delivered that first bit of information to your prospect, do you send him any further information?

If you are like most small businesses online, you don’t.

When you don’t follow that initial message with additional information later on, you let a valuable prospect slip from your grasp!

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Washington Biz Journal: SBA Team Picked

April 27th, 2009 admin

Tucker Echols Staff Reporter

Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills is filling out her management team.

Mills, who was confirmed by the Senate on April 3, has named a baker’s dozen of executives to help run the agency.

Heading Mills’ executive team will be Ana Ma as chief of staff.

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USA Today:MBA Grads Create Their Own Jobs by Launching Firms

April 27th, 2009 admin

New hiring is down dramatically, and new grads are in the fiercest competition for jobs since the late 70’s. This USA Today article discusses the entrepreneurial attitude of thes grads in the wake of a down economy. Here at the SBDC, we are getting local grads from JU and UNF (as well others), who seek to create their own niche through entrepreneurship.
By Kim Thai and Laura Petrecca, USA TODAY
Faced with a bearish job market, many soon-to-graduate MBAs have dismissed the idea of making their marks — and big bucks — at Wall Street investment banks.

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Success Story: Maria Adigweme, Pathways Counseling and Consulting Services

April 24th, 2009 admin

It was May of 2007 when Maria Adigweme, a psychotherapist at a clinic became interested in starting her own private practice assisting children. Ms. Adigweme is a Certified Addictions Professional with over twenty years experience in the Behavioral Health field. This includes six years as the Clinical Director of a local mental health agency.
As a Licensed mental Health Counselor (LMHC),  she had done a great deal of freelance work in association with local nonprofits engaged in foster care and adoptions.

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News Flash: Large percentage of small business owners will get hit by proposed tax hikes moving through Congress

April 24th, 2009 admin

Small business advocates like the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) continue to say that the proposed tax hikes moving through Congress will largely impact small business owners and entrepreneurs. We have argued that taxing small business owners in a down economy is a foolish policy move as the nation is even more dependent upon our sector for job creation, innovation and getting the economy back on a solid growth track.

A memo from U.S.

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Taxing Paradise

April 24th, 2009 admin

To many people, Hawaii, with its sand, surf and beautiful weather, is pretty darn close to paradise. From a tax standpoint, though, it ranks as something of a nightmare. And state legislators are looking to make the nightmare even worse.

The recently released SBE Council “Business Tax Index 2009” ranks the 50 states and District of Columbia from best to worst in terms of their tax systems for entrepreneurship and small business.

Hawaii ranked a poor 37th – or 15th worst.

But now, as reported by the Honolulu Advertiser, state legislators are looking to make Hawaii even more costly in terms of taxes.

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Tea Party Tax Protests …. The Small Business Person Perspective

April 24th, 2009 admin

The Tea Party Tax Protest movement of recent weeks has garnered plenty of media attention. Some …. like Fox news …. “Get It”. Others ….. like MSNBC and CNN (Boooo!!) ….. unfortunately do NOT get it.

No matter your opinion, understanding, or level of support for the events and the movement …. no one can deny that a message was sent loud and clear.

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Banks Not Playing Ball with SBA

April 24th, 2009 admin

Sara K. Clarke, Sentinel Staff Writer tells us about a fourm between small busineses, SBA loan counselors and banks held Wednesday in Orlando. The lending situation is no better here in Northeast Florida.

SBA help not getting through to businesses

The parts of the federal government’s stimulus program aimed at small-business owners aren’t working as they should, say local owners and small-business experts who are trying to figure out what to do about the problem.

Claudia Menezes said there’s a barrier between the government aid allotted for small businesses and companies like hers, Pegasus Transportation, which runs tours for international travelers.

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