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Gallup’s Small Business Optimism Index: A Tale of Mixed Stories
by Raymond J. Keating- The latest Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index survey shows small businesses reclaiming some optimism since April, though with continued deterioration in an important look at...
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National Small Business Week: Yes, Small Businesses Are Vital to Economic...
by Raymond J. Keating- We’ve hit National Small Business Week, and no doubt, there are small business owners across the country trying to gauge Americans’ economic confidence, and what that in turn...
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Modernizing Government Policy: Fixing and Clarifying the TCPA to Make it Work...
By Karen Kerrigan- The need for businesses of all sizes to do more virtually, safely and efficiently in the COVID economy has underscored the need for government at all levels to modernize or change...
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Small Business Week: Regulatory Burden, Restraint and Reform
by Raymond J. Keating- With it being National Small Business Week and a national election looming just a few weeks away, it’s the right time to look at a key burden for entrepreneurs, small firms,...
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Conference Board Index: Consumers Feeling Better in September
by Raymond J. Keating- According to the latest report from The Conference Board, consumers were feeling better in September, though still not as good as they were before the pandemic hit. The...
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Impact of COVID on Metro Employment: From Treading Water to Sinking
by Raymond J. Keating- According to the latest report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the story on employment by metropolitan areas across the nation ranges from treading water to pretty...
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The Pandemic and Bad Drug Policies
By Karen Kerrigan- The race to bring to a COVID-19 vaccine to market underscores the importance of advancing and maintaining productive government policies that encourage investment and innovation....
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Good News on Bounce Back in Services: Accelerating New Business Growth
by Raymond J. Keating- The two latest takes on the services sector of the U.S. economy released on October 5 point to welcome news. First, the IHS Markit U.S. Services PMI report noted optimism thanks...
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COVID-19 Small Business Resources: Navigating the Coronavirus Economy...
UPDATED October 7, 2020 By Karen Kerrigan- The effects of the COVID-19 have hit small businesses very hard. Of course, many governments continue to place restrictions on business activity and public...
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Latest Surveys on the Pulse of Small Business
by Raymond J. Keating- It bears repeating that the U.S. economy is a small business economy. More than 99 percent of businesses are small-to-medium-sized firms with less than 500 workers, and small...
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BY BARBARA WELTMAN As a business owner, you may want to use independent contractors for various work you need to get done. It’s less costly than hiring employees. And during this pandemic period when...
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Using Social Commerce to Generate Revenue and Grow Your Business
By Barbara Weltman- Social commerce is the activity of using social media platforms, such as Instagram and Facebook, to promote your products and services. Social commerce is growing and it’s likely...
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Lessons from the Staggers Act at 40: How Deregulation Reinvigorated the...
by Raymond J. Keating- October 14, 2020 is an important anniversary in the history of pro-growth, pro-consumer, pro-investment and pro-small-business policymaking. Forty years earlier, President Jimmy...
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Retail Sales Slowly Growing
by Raymond J. Keating- The latest report on retail sales released on October 16 from the U.S. Census Bureau showed that monthly sales for retail and food service establishments continued to slowly...
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Tips to Boost Your Side-Hustle Success
by Raymond J. Keating- The “side hustle” was originally defined as “a job or a business in addition to your full-time job.” But during this pandemic economy, with high levels of unemployment,...
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New Business Applications Offer Hope for an Entrepreneurial Revival
by Raymond J. Keating- Economic growth requires robust entrepreneurship. In fact, when you look at underperforming economic growth that ran from 2007 through 2019, one underlying cause was the...
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Kerrigan on FinTech TV: Investment Crowdfunding Can Be Supercharged to...
In a new edition of FinTech TV, host Vince Molinari interviews SBE Council president & CEO Karen Kerrigan on the progress and success of investment crowdfunding and how it can be “supercharged”...
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November Ballots in Arizona and Illinois Feature Big Proposed Tax Increases...
by Raymond J. Keating- When voting this year, citizens in two states – Arizona and Illinois – will be asked to increase taxes on individuals, families, entrepreneurs, small businesses and investors....
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Business Intelligence: Tips, Trends and Resources for Entrepreneurs
by Karen Kerrigan- This week’s Business Intelligence focuses on small business resiliency and growth during the COVID-19 economy, and how to leverage “being small” this holiday season. The shopping...
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A Declining Labor Force in Vast Majority of Metropolitan Areas
by Raymond J. Keating- The general story from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics “Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment” report for September 2020 didn’t differ all that much from the August...
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