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Duncan Smith said he wanted to see 10,000 new small businesses by next year.

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A new report from the city's Department of Small Business Services found that, over the last decade, women - owned businesses in the city grew by 43 %, outpacing the average company growth rate of 39 %.

In fact, 60 percent of the new applications filled out by small business owners on Biz2Credit.com are done via mobile devices, often at night or during weekends - well outside «traditional banker's hours.»

Suffice it to say that the deductions provided by the small business corporate tax structure are extremely rich and the new government proposals are intended to curtail them.

The latest attempt came on Saturday, when an article ran in The Wall Street Journal to promote a new book, Big Is Beautiful: Debunking the Myth of Small Business, by Robert D. Atkinson and Michael Lind.

«A lot of new jobs are generated by small and midsize businesses, and if the interest rate increases dramatically, it could slow investment to this sector,» Cooley says, adding that the increase in interest rates is also likely to further strengthen the dollar.

Small businesses were in the spotlight, too, and were mentioned directly several times, including in a question by co-moderator Dana Bash about how entrepreneurs should be expected to pay for potential new regulations, such as paid time off for family medical leave.

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The Flatiron School also offers a Web - development fellowship, with a similar education funded entirely by New York City's Department of Small Business Services.

According to the Small Business Administration, the number of startups funded by VCs in 2012 was an abysmal 300 of the approximately 600,000 new businesses started in the U.S., that means 99.95 percent of entrepreneurs did not gain access to VC for their new businesses that year.

The space is funded by a grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration; digitalundivided expects to announce new partners soon.

The dream and the reality don't add up — a scenario confirmed by a new Creditera survey of 250 small and midsize businesses, which brings to light the struggle around bank financing, small business loans and the rejections small businesses suffer.

And a new infographic compiled by the Federal Reserve, Pepperdine University and online lending company FundWell aims to shed light on what small businesses can do to optimize their financial health.

Still, by closing the program to new funds, the SBA, by its own admission, has «removed the primary method by which [it] can provide access for small businesses to equity capital.»

They may have started something new within their company (by launching a new product or division, for example), moved to a smaller company to take on a greater set of responsibilities, or started their own business.

According to a recent New York Times article, small business owners in Detroit have been inspired by Gilbert.

Sandy, whose ferocity is described by weather experts as a once every 700 years event, left in its wake a path of destruction that wiped out entire towns, squashed power grids, flooded regional transportation, and hobbled tens of thousands of small businesses, the economic lifeblood of New Jersey and New York.

Small business success: technology and social media combine By Bryan Borzykowski October 25, 2012 With his new company SeeVibes, entrepreneur Laurent Maisonnave discovered a whole new way to measure audience sentiment... from his couch.

Indeed, half of small business owners support a law that would allow employees to earn paid sick days, according to a new study conducted by the Small Business Majosmall business owners support a law that would allow employees to earn paid sick days, according to a new study conducted by the Small Business Mbusiness owners support a law that would allow employees to earn paid sick days, according to a new study conducted by the Small Business MajoSmall Business MBusiness Majority.

According to a new study by Hired.com, a business that matches tech workers with jobs, women are still both asking for and receiving smaller salaries than men.

Small - business owners are optimistic about the next quarter, even while still mired in sluggish economic conditions, according to a new survey by payroll - processing firm SurePayroll.

Amazon customers purchased one billion items from small businesses this holiday season, according to a new report by Amazon released today.

In a post laying out several tips for start - ups in the new year, Blumenthal separates the big data hype from the reality on the ground for many small businesses, and offers sensible - sounding advice on how founders can avoid being overwhelmed by walking a middle way.

«The SBA performs an important role for many small businesses, and the administration should make small businesses a higher priority by finding a new administrator as quickly as possible,» Graves says in a statement.

The opportunity share of new entrepreneurs is the highest among the best cities for starting a small business, but the rate of new entrepreneurs is by far the lowest.

The startup density is well above the national average, and the 85.18 percent opportunity share of new entrepreneurs indicates new small - business owners are driven by desire, not need.

To that point, 34 percent of entrepreneurs don't currently have a retirement savings plan, according to a new survey by Manta, an online community for small businesses.

In short, not enough people are starting new small businesses, and of those who are, too many are prompted by unemployment.

That's according to the results of a small - business trends study released today by OnDeck Capital, a New York - based small - business lending company that uses software to streamline the loan application process.

If you have a relatively small but growing base of employees, you can encourage personal growth as a part of growing your business by helping them learn how to do new things and reach outside their comfort zones.

In a survey by Paychex, 44 percent of small business owners said the new administration has made them more likely to hire new employees; and just 12 percent said it has made them less likely to do so.

A new study conducted by LinkedIn with the market research firm TNS reveals that social media has increasingly become the vital axis upon which small and medium - sized businesses turn.

Meanwhile, other big digital newcomers to the media scene, including BuzzFeed and Business Insider, have also been slow to take up the public interest banner long carried by the likes of the New York Times and the Press - Enterprise (a small California paper that, as Liptak explained, took two free speech cases all the way to the Supreme Court in the 1980s).

By creating a constituency willing to pay for better foods prepared in different ways, Pollan and his ilk have helped drive an entire new wave of food businesses, large and small.

A recent survey by the National Small Business Association found that most don't have a new ad or marketing campaign in the works, and one in five has absolutely no growth strategy in place for the coming year.

But in recent years a new wave has begun, driven primarily by small businesses that need workers for boutique - size production.

New legislation, if passed by the Senate, would allow small businesses to issue stock shares on an accelerated schedule.

By reaching out to that customer base, a new startup or growing small business can quickly connect with a large number of buyers who can become loyal shoppers.

But if your small - business credit card is guaranteed by your personal credit — the case for all sole proprietorships and some recently incorporated businesses — the protections covered by the new legislation will apply to your card as well, so no need to switch.

Focusing on the role of small and medium - sized enterprises... the [project] will facilitate the development of competitive enterprises... by stimulating innovation, enhancing workforce skills, accelerating new enterprise formation, improving access to finance, and addressing shortcomings in the business environment.

Small business owners are optimistic by nature, but they don't need to go into the new year with blind faith.

Pro7 crafted a unique strategy for a new business area making TV advertising available to startups and small - to medium - sized companies, two customer segments that traditionally couldn't afford TV advertising, and were seen as unprofitable by the industry.

Small business owners are often so caught up by securing new customers, completing projects, dealing with employee issues and a myriad of other day - to - day challenges that they neglect to issue invoices in a timely manner.

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OPEN Forum explains how a new initiative by large companies to offer training to employees can affect your small business's hiring prospects.

According to an October 1996 survey by George S. May International Co., finding and training new employees is one of the biggest management challenges that the owners of U.S. and Canadian small and midsize businesses face.

Small - business owners, including McDonald's franchisees, are scrambling to find ways to pay for the new mandates put forth by the Obama administration.

Well, according to a new study by The Wall Street Journal and Vistage International, if you're like most small business owners, you can't find anyone to hire.

Statistics also show that, in the past 20 years, two out of every three new jobs created here were created by a small business.

Chase launched a contest today that offers a dozen small businesses the chance at a $ 250,000 grant, a new Chromebook Pixel laptop and two days of marketing and business development help from the experts at Google, according to a blog post written by Jon Kaplan, Google's vice president of U.S. sales and operations.