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Will Agencies Be Penalized for Missing Their Small Business Goals?
2012-02-01 20:16:00 By: Edward T. DeLisle On January 18, 2012, Representative Bill Owens (D.-N.Y.) introduced a bill entitled, “The Small Business Growth and Federal Accountability Act” (H.R. 3779). The Act is designed to “hold accountable Federal departments and agencies that fail to meet goals relating to the participation of small business concerns.” In order to achieve this goal, the Act goes on to state that “[if] a Federal department of agency does not meet a covered goal with respect to a fiscal year, that department or agency, in the succeeding fiscal year, may not expend for the procurement of goods or services an amount that is greater than 90 percent of the amount expended for the procurement of goods or services…” If enacted, the bill would essentially penalize a federal department or agency by slashing its budget by 10% if that department or agency fails to hit its established small business procurement goals. As it currently stands...
SBA Updates Set-Aside and Protest Procedures for Women-Owned Small Business
2012-01-24 20:19:00 By: Edward T. DeLisle On Thursday, January 12, 2012, the Small Business Administration issued an interim final rule, which alters the protest procedures pertaining to its Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Program. The changes serve two primary functions. First, when the SBA implemented the WOSB program by publishing a final rule in the Federal Register on October 7, 2010, it established set-aside thresholds of $5 million for contracts pertaining to manufacturing and $3 million for all other contracts. As part of the new interim rule, those thresholds have increased to $6.5 million and $4 million, respectively, to account for inflation. Second, the changes ushered in as part of the interim rule, make the protest procedures for the WOSB Program consistent with the SBA’s other set-aside programs. For example, under the procedures that existed before issuance of the interim rule, if a contracting officer received a protest on a WOSB set-aside and, nonetheless wished to ma...
VA's Ambiguous Solicitation Leads to Successful Protest
2012-01-09 21:25:00 By: Edward T. DeLisle Over the last several years, the scrutiny over federal small business programs has grown. That scrutiny has led to changes in policy and legislation designed to curb potential fraud in the procurement process. Because these changes have been implemented in such a short period of time, however, it is not unusual for the government to issue solicitations for small business set-aside contracts that are confusing, or even contradictory. In Commandeer Construction Company, Inc., B-405771, December 29, 2011, that is precisely what occurred resulting in a successful protest. Commandeer Construction involved a solicitation that was set aside for Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs), a program that has experienced much change in recent years. In 2006, the VA was given the authority to restrict competition to SDVOSBs as part of the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Act (the "Act"). 38 U.S.C. 8127(d). As the GAO explained in...
How to Write & Publish an eBook and Sell It for Profit
2011-12-29 20:10:00 Since bursting onto the market in 2007, digital reading devices have become incredibly popular. The first version of the Amazon Kindle sold out in just over five hours, and late last year, Amazon announced that, for the first time ever, ebook sales surpassed that of paperback books. With the advent of the new Amazon Kindle book ...How to Write & Publish an eBook and Sell It for Profit is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.
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Free Small Business Energy Savings Kit -CO, MN, NM only
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6 Business Success Tips from Jane Wurwand, Founder of Dermalogica
2011-12-28 20:05:00 There’s nothing like a great rags-to-riches story, and Jane Wurwand has a remarkable one. She started Dermalogica, a professional skin care company, in 1983 with $1,400. Her goal was to bridge the gap in skin care between salons and at-home users. Dermalogica products are now sold in 28,000 salons and spas in 86 countries. Wurwand’s ...6 Business Success Tips from Jane Wurwand, Founder of Dermalogica is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.
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5 Insurance Tips & Resolutions to Secure Your Small Business
2011-12-26 21:25:00 Eleven years ago, I started a consulting business with one client. In the timespan of just over three years, I expanded into an office with partners and employees, laid everyone off when the economy turned ugly, and ended up working out of my living room before finally calling it quits. During that time, my New ...5 Insurance Tips & Resolutions to Secure Your Small Business is a post from the Money Crashers personal finance blog.
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Small Business Owners! 6 Quick Ways to Help Your Customers Help You
2011-12-19 15:15:00 Sometime last month, my friends and I did what most people do on a Friday night. Yes, we went out to blow off some steam and in the process, popped ...© SEOptimise - Download our free business guide to blogging whitepaper and sign-up for the SEOptimise monthly newsletter. Small Business Owners! 6 Quick Ways to Help Your Customers Help You Related posts: 30 Ways to Use Social Media for Business People 10 New Google Tools, Products and Services Every Business Person Has to Know About A Summary of Major F8 Facebook Updates
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Want to Start a Small Business? Good Idea!!
2011-11-20 06:14:00 Often start up find hard to know where they should begin. I think one can look at what one knows better and is also useful and likely to be salable. Next step is to refine knowledge either by self or by hiring a consultant Finally one need to do some cost and time analysis to see if project is fe
Small Business Tax Questions – How Are LLC’s Taxed?
2011-11-05 15:51:00 Do you own a limited liability company (LLC) and need to know how your income from the business will be taxed? Read on to find out.A limited liability company is the chameleon of business entities. Believe it or not, there is no LLC-specific federal income tax return. But that does not mean your business profit ...
Where To Find Military Small Business Loans
2011-11-03 10:56:00 The small business industry has seen an increase of business owners coming from a military background. Former members of the US Armed Forces and the National Guard are now comprising a significant bloc in the small business sector, primarily because of...
Where To Find Military Small Business Loans
2011-11-03 10:56:00 The small business industry has seen an increase of business owners coming from a military background. Former members of the US Armed Forces and the National Guard are now comprising a significant bloc in the small business sector, primarily because of...
Where To Find Military Small Business Loans
2011-11-03 10:56:00 The small business industry has seen an increase of business owners coming from a military background. Former members of the US Armed Forces and the National Guard are now comprising a significant bloc in the small business sector, primarily because of...
How Can Credit Card Processing Increase Your Small Business Sales?
2011-10-27 10:24:00 Today's customers purchase more goods from merchants who accept credit cards than from merchants who only accept cash or a check. The convenience of swiping a card, earning reward points and receiving theft protection encourage this trend.
New Chuck Krugel Presentation Part of Crain?s Chicago Small Business Week,
2011-09-07 17:33:00 Thanks to Illinois WorkNet of Northern Cook County & Crain’s Chicago Business, I’ll be presenting on social media & legal & HR issues as part of Crain’s Chicago Small Business Week. This will be at IL WorkNet’s Arlington Heights office on Wednesday, October 5, 2011, from 8:30 AM – 11:30 Am, 723 W. Algonquin Rd., AH, ...
From the ?Unresolved Issues? File
2011-08-22 22:22:00 Stock market celebrates the fall of Gaddafi (briefly), oil market begs to differ: The 5 tallies a list of "unresolved issues" affecting markets. Including... Scope of "secret" bank bailouts revealed: White House works overtime to suppress new scandal.
Cutting Up the Credit Card
2011-07-26 23:33:00 The real problem with the city of Vancouver this week. Plus... How Alaska's winters will be even colder than normal, but for one company's goods...
Two Critical Yardsticks for Gold
2011-07-21 21:54:00 Gold hovering at $1,600: Frank Holmes with two ratios that point to still higher prices from here. Plus... "China Flash," Day 2 of the slowdown: Chris Mayer on a spillover effect you want to avoid.
How to Sidestep a New Market Risk
2011-07-20 23:01:00 Addison Wiggin – July 20, 2011 Signs of a slowdown in China: Chris Mayer with a number to watch, and guidance on how to sidestep the damage “Not enough from any source to meet demand”… Byron King with the outlook on the “other” precious metal Patrick Cox names his two favorite transformational technologies of 2011 ...
The Size of the US Bubble
2011-07-12 22:58:00 President says you shouldn't worry about the debt ceiling... three little charts say you should. Plus... "Who would bail out the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve?" and other impertinent questions...
A Slow, Measured Panic
2011-06-27 20:54:00 Gold clings to $1,500: Byron King on why it hasn't sold off more, and Dan Amoss with a new way to play it. Plus... Dow recovers to 12,000: How to make money regardless of its mixed signals.
Praying for a Miracle
2011-06-24 23:01:00 Divine intercession to resolve human folly? City holds prayer vigil to avert municipal bankruptcy. Plus... Paying for government pensions ad infinitum: Five best and worst states for taxpayers.
Flattening the Aging Curve
2011-05-26 21:56:00 Introducing a new word - "nutraceutical," and how one of them could "flatten the aging curve" and mint new millionaires. Plus... Latest Middle East country to blow up just like Egypt, but unlike Egypt could double the oil price.
Chicago Citi Small Business Workshop May 19
2011-05-19 01:15:00 Join us for a Small Business Workshop at CitiHosted by Chicago Community Ventures andJVS/Duman Microenterprise CenterTopics include:Basic Building Blocks and EntrepreneurshipAccess to CapitalBanking and Payroll Services for Small BusinessesResources for EntrepreneursMay 19, 20118:30 am - 12:00 pmCiti Center500 West Madison6th FloorChicago, IllinoisPlease RSVP by May 17th to Veronica Velazquezat veronica.velazquez@citi.com...-
China Imposes ?Severe Punishment?
2011-05-10 22:05:00 Untangling the vagaries of China?s Price Law: "Severe punishment" for obscure offenses. Plus... Dan Amoss on the next trigger for "sharp corrections" in U.S. stocks
Small Business Competitions
2011-05-05 21:35:00 Winning business and industry awards can provide you with a way to set your business apart from the competition, attract new customers and employees while retaining existing ones, and be considered part of the elite category of women who've been designated as remarkable leaders. All too often, however, entrepreneurs fail to do the research and put in the time necessary to create a really great winning entry. Keep reading for a few tips and reminders as well as some awards currently accepting applications:...
Small Business Local SEO Presentation ? LA Web Professionals Group
2011-04-07 01:22:00 Jason Wilson, Director of Search at BlueSEO - a boutique Los Angeles SEO agency - small business local SEO presentation at the LA Web Professionals Group
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Seen and Unseen
2011-03-21 21:40:00 by Addison Wiggin - March 21, 2011 U.S. opens third front of "Forever War"... The 5 surveys effects both seen and unseen Japan aftermath: How to profit from the fall of uranium, and do good for quake victims, in one step Traders don rally caps... The chart that shows stocks still have room to run ...
CITIBANK Check Presentation and Launch of Small Business Boot Camp Tax Work
2011-03-11 21:11:00 MEDIA ADVISORYPHOTO OPPORTUNITYFRIDAY, MARCH 11th4:00 PMBlack Wall Street Chicago/South Street Journal Newspaper449 East 35th Street, 1st Floor312-624-8351 Direct 773-392-0165COME JOIN THE MONROE FOUNDATION, CITIBANK AND THE BLACK WALL-STREET PROJECT &-nbsp; &n-bsp; &nb-sp; &nbs-p; -; - &-nbsp; &n-bsp; &nb-sp; &nbs-p; CITIBANK CHECK PRESENTATION &-nbsp; &n-bsp; &nb-sp; &nbs-p; -; - &-nbsp; &n-bsp; &nb-sp; &nbs-p; -; - AND LAUNCH OF THE &nb...
Why Groupon is destroying brands and small business
2011-03-02 17:14:00 I wrote this post earlier in the week and it was due to post on Friday but I see Olga Slavkina has posted an article on Techcrunch about the very same subject so here we go, my opinion on Groupon and its destruction of small business. Groupon is the consumers best friend and a way ...
SHOCKING REPORT: Wal-Mart Actually Increases Unemployment And Taxpayer Burd
2011-02-11 07:17:00 You Heard It Here First: Wally-World Is The Poster Child For Corporate Welfare After All… I’ve been saying this for years and nobody’s taken me too seriously… until apparently NOW (Raw Story): Walmart (a.k.a., Wally World, Wal-Mart, “The Smily One”, etc.) is the... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
The War on Small Business, Continued
2011-01-25 22:48:00 The 5 unveils its proprietary Lenny Skutnik Indicator? so you?ll know what policies to expect from the State of the Union address. Weather-adjusted GDP? British innovation headed to America? Gold and silver slide some more? two indicators silver buyers are seizing an opportunity. The end of rare earths? Byron King on Toyota?s attempts to break free of China?s stranglehold. Dig this? An overlooked victim of the downturn.
The Department of Veteran Affairs Ushers in Mentor-Protégé Program
2011-01-17 16:15:00 By: Edward T. DeLisle On December 22, 2010, the VA announced that it had selected the first twenty (20) mentor-protégé teams to participate in its newly minted Mentor-Protégé Program. The program is designed to assist firms that have already been verified as veteran-owned or service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses by the VA. Eligible firms are permitted to team with mentors, who are expected to provide developmental assistance to their protégé(s). In return for providing assistance to protégé firms, the VA has stated that mentors can expect “proposal evaluation consideration” with regard to proposals submitted on “best value” solicitations. Moreover, large business prime contractors serving as mentors can receive subcontracting plan credits in connection with a specific VA contract. Protégé firms are limited to one mentor at a time and can only participate in the program twice. Th...
Crucial Things While Dealing With Cheap Small Business Web Hosting
2011-01-12 15:21:00 When the talk is about small but best business web hosting, there are several aspects one needs to keep in mind. There are several features and choices regarding web hosting in the market, so to get the best; one should denote the best time to soak up useful knowledge regarding it. While selecting best web ...
The Chicago Small Business Online Marketing Contest official details
2011-01-08 03:25:00 Announced a while back, the Chicago's Treasurer office mentioned they were going to run a contest engaging small businesses in the city. The idea is to stress the importance of using social media and e-mail campaigns to engage potential customers and increase exposure for the businesses. The official details were released this past Wednesday at a panel sponsored by Contant Contact, "7 Keys to Email Marketing" at the W Hotel in Chicago. The contest details from a flier given out from the Treasurer's Office are as follows: If you've got a recent email or social media campaign you're proud of, or one that's in the works, enter it now in one of the two categories below: Category I: Email...
Use LinkedIn for Small Business
2010-11-21 21:33:00 Not long ago we published a blog post with essential tips on how to use LinkedIn for your small business. Since then, Facebook and Twitter continued to rise and flourish under the social media spotlight. But it doesn?t mean that LinkedIn had not gone through its own evolution, because it did. Just check out the stream of activity on the official LinkedIn blog. Or take numbers as proof: today, 80 million professionals ? and counting ? have signed up to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities through the social networking site. After all these new LinkedIn features and developments, we thought it would be a great time for an update. Here?s a list of tips on LinkedIn for small business ? tips that may not have occurred to you just yet, but which will certainly give your online presence a huge boost. Upload that picture. Okay, we did mention this in that previous article ? ?brand your profile? ? but judging from some of the entries in LinkedIn?s vast member directory, it seems t...
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Small business insurance benefits
2010-10-28 07:08:00 Doing business is quite risky in nature, no matter what your enterprise is doing or where are you located. Even the safest types of services located in the most favorable areas for doing business aren’t completely safe from risks, simply because this is life, and there’s always risk of having unpleasant situations that may either ...
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WBDC Launches Small Business Microloan Program
2010-10-22 18:12:00 Access to capital has always been a major problem for small businesses, particularly for newly-formed businesses or those looking to expand, and even more so in the recent economic downturn. The number one inquiry we get at the WBDC is regarding business financing and if we provide loans to small businesses. While the WBDC has always provided loan packaging services, through a partnership with the IL Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, we are now implementing a new small business microloan program. So what is a microloan? A microloan is a small (hence the "micro" in microloan) loan, typically for small business development or expansion, to individuals who don't have access to traditional sources of credit due to a...
Hultgren Meets With Small Business Advisory Committee
2010-10-17 14:00:00 From the Hultgren for Congress campaign (14th District)... ST. CHARLES - Randy Hultgren, Republican candidate for Congress, met with more than fifty 14th District small business owners and employees today, members of the Hultgren campaign's Small Business Advisory Committee. The National Federation of Independent Business and U.S. Chamber of Commerce have endorsed Hultgren....
SEO Services For Small Business in Australia
2010-10-11 07:16:00 We offer a wide range of services at Your Easy Web Solutions. One of our most popular service is Search Engine Optimization (SEO). This service allows websites rank on the first page of Google and involves a complex optimization process. In order for this process to happen, we need to analyze your website and adjust it according to the keywords you want it ranked for. A lot of people do not realize that the actual structure of the website impacts on the rank, however having the right structure is one of the key elements in order to rank high in Google and other search engines. So when we get asked about our SEO Services we often have to adjust or even redesign the website in order to get required results. We have a number of success stories with the most recent one being a Tax Accounting company which wanted to rank online for ” online tax return” specifically in Australia. As a result we redesigned the website and optimized it. This website is now ranking number 2 in Au...
Another GTL? Late-Week Open Post ? Topics: Wal-Mart Now Gouging Your Wallet
2010-10-02 02:43:00 THE Gun Toting Liberal? Reaches Out To His Fellow Commenters, Co-Bloggers And Readers To Furnish Their Opinions On My Personal Topics Of Interest This Week And/Or Your Own Topics… WALLY-WORLD FALLS BEHIND KROGER FOODS AND SAFEWAY FOR BEST BARGAIN SHOPPING… Cool… and not only THAT,... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
It doesn't pay to be a small business today
2010-09-30 03:43:00 Small businesses are struggling. Just ask John Robinson.He's executive vice president with the Indianapolis office of Jones Lang LaSalle, a commercial real estate company. When he looks at the commercial real estate market across Indianapolis and its suburbs, he notices one thing: Those tenants that want to lease space in the 10,000- to 30,000-square-foot range seem to be faring much better during the economic downturn than are those seeking 3,000- to 6,000-square-foot office space.And Robinson's willing to bet that Indianapolis isn't unique in this. There's a simple reason: The tenants seeking larger office space tend to be government users and education providers. These larger tenants have received more financial assistance from government programs and more help from banks. The small...
Get Your Small Business Ranked In the Search Engines With SEO
2010-09-29 17:45:00 Let?s start with a commonly misunderstood concept: Search engines don?t rank websites; they rank web pages. Many people assume if they optimize their website for a number of keywords then all search traffic will go to their homepage. Actually the opposite is true; search engines look for relevant pages, not relevant websites. Search engines don?t ...Get Your Small Business Ranked In the Search Engines With SEO
Obama's Jobs And Small Business Lending Bill MUST Have Local/Regional
2010-09-28 02:12:00 From: Mark S. Allen, Founder/President Of The Black Leadership Develeopment Institute, BLDI, Chairman of The Community Banking Coalition and Member of The Community Reinvestment Organizing Project of The Monroe Foundation; Board Member, Black Wall Street-Chicago PRESIDENT OBAMA'S JOBS AND SMALL BUSINESS LENDING BILL &-nbsp; &n-bsp; &nb-sp; &nbs-p; -; MUST HAVE A LOCAL/REGIONAL CRA &-nbsp; &n-bsp; &nb-sp; (COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT) MANDATE! President Obama today signed the long awaited Small Business Jobs Act, which creates a $ 30 billion government fund to help encourage lending to small business owners, many of which have been having difficulty securing bank loans, extension of credit lines as a recent of the economic downturn. The fund will be available to ...
Passing Another Small Business Aid Bill May Not Mean Loans
2010-09-25 00:01:00 The Congress passed yet another bill to help small business get money from banks in this tight credit market. This time, they created a $30B small business lending fund to help small banks make loans. It also offers tax breaks to encourage business entrepreneurs and hiring employees. The tax cuts will help small business, but is there any hope that the $30B will actually get to small busines owners? I am skeptical. These bills have passed before and little money has trickled down to small business? Why? Banks are trying to play it safe. The pendulum has swung so far to being financially conservative. No banker is ever going to get penalized for not making a loan! Banks don't want...
Stress Test Reality Check
2010-09-07 21:53:00 Say it ain?t so? Wall Street wakes up to stress test reality six weeks after our warning. Commodity consternation: Cotton hits 15-year high, wheat set for another rise. Dan Amoss on how Fed policies have reached a point of no return. Obama offers sop to small businesses? Why our readers won?t buy it.
The GTL? Sunday Column ? ?Big Government ? Small Business? By Christopher L
2010-09-06 02:54:00 The GTL? Sunday Column: “Ever-So-SLIGHTLY-Right-O-f-Center” Gun Toting Liberal? Sunday Columnist And Author Christopher L. Doster Employs His Usual Wit And Andy Roony-ish Style Of Sarcasm To Bash President Obama For High Unemployment Numbers, The Rough Economy, And All Trouble Facing... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
Tell Obama and Congress to Halt The Assault on Small Business
2010-09-03 15:00:00 From the folks at the Free Enterprise Alliance, a group of free market advocates backed by the construction industry. Appearing on televisions in places near and far, ABC's Free Enterprise Alliance this week will launch a new ad asking travelers to look around, find a representative, and tell them to Halt The Assault on free enterprise, small business, and jobs. The FEA says they've booked time at on CNN's Airport network, so this ad will appear right where our Congressmen are going to be as they make their way home for the holiday! From the group's About Us page: At the heart of the Free Enterprise Alliance's mission is the belief that while we need government for common sense regulations,...
The War on Small Business
2010-09-02 22:03:00 The War on Small Business: Washington?s long train of abuses against entrepreneurs. Health insurance costs, paperwork requirements, stepped-up audits? It?s worse than ever. The ?assault on enterprise? coming to film? A sneak preview of our new documentary project. ?Bears on their heels?? Taking stock of stocks as the summer doldrums come to a close. Readers sound off on ?sarcastic political commentary? and rare earths.
Time Out For A Quiz: How Do Your Views Align With Those Of The Roberts Led
2010-08-22 04:27:00 SCOTUS Quiz Time, Courtesy Of The New York Times: Answer six questions to see how your views align with those of the Roberts court and all Americans… Yes, I’ll admit: I needed to take an easy week and I apologize for not giving more updates in the last few days. There has been so much... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere! |
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