The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) just released their 2008 annual report on the state of entrepreneurship in the United States, with interesting results. Perhaps due to the economic crisis, the instance of entrepreneurship activity (high early-stage entrepreneurship prevalence rates, high venture capital investment and significantly higher levels of high-expectation entrepreneurship), is up across the board, [...]
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Posted by: Jennifer Escalona, November 24, 2009
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As a small business owner, chances are you are very invested in the health and well-being of your local economy. If you have national competitors, you may even market your business based on the advantages that buying local hold for your community. After all, buying local keeps dollars in your community and not distributed throughout [...]
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Posted by: Jennifer Escalona, September 18, 2009
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A recent article on CNNMoney.com told the tale of DNA Software, an Ann Arbor based company that received a $1.5 million dollar, three-year grant from the state of Michigan. Most small business owners – DNA Software had only 8 employees – would have thought themselves set for life if they had all those advantages – [...]
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Posted by: Jennifer Escalona, September 14, 2009
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We recently witnessed two examples of how the credit crunch is impacting small businesses - even those who are doing very well. First, we received a notification from Advanta about our corporate credit cards. Two days ago (May 26), we were told that our business cards would no longer be usable - effective May 30. [...]
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Posted by: Kevin Reeth, May 28, 2009
