Robb Mandelbaum


How to Pick a Site for Your Business

Where to locate your store, office, or commercial space  Read story

How to Conduct Market Research

A guide to using market research to understand who your customers are and what they want  Read story

The Obama Administration: Now What?

Barack Obama campaigned on an agenda of change -- from increased financial oversight to health-care reform. But with an economic crisis that shows no signs o...  Read story

Obama on the Economy

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY Stimulating the economy: In the eyes of economists, not all stimuli are created equal. According to Mark Z...  Read story

Obama's Health Plan: Coverage, but at What Price?

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE OBAMA PLAN: While the Tax Policy Center calls the President-elect's plans for insurance reform "highly progressiv...  Read story

A Tech Savvy President-Elect

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY Trolling the Internet, it seems that a preponderance of thoughtful spokespeople for the tech revolution support Obama. That...  Read story

Will Obama Give Entrepreneurs Protection or Free Trade?

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY Most experts believe that on balance trade has delivered much more good than harm to the U.S. Still, some question the free...  Read story

How Much Will You Pay?

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE OBAMA PLAN: For Individuals: According to the Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan center-left organi...  Read story

Who's Offering the Bigger Cut?

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY ABOUT THE McCAIN AND OBAMA PLANS: For Individuals: According to the Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan cente...  Read story

Will the Bailout Help You?

It's the $700 billion question on everyone's mind -- and nobody has a real answer. To understand whether the money will start flowing again, it's important t...  Read story

Tax This; Tax That

When it comes to taxes, John McCain and Barack Obama both want to ease the burden and spark the economy. The difference is in how they would go about doing i...  Read story

Is Aggressive Intervention Required?

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY Stimulating the economy: In the eyes of economists, not all stimuli are created equal. According to Mark Z...  Read story

Drilling Down to the Details

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY Drilling offshore and a summer gas tax holiday aren't likely to lower gas prices, especially not in the near-term. Accordin...  Read story

Do Entrepreneurs Need Protection or Free Trade?

THE OBAMA AGENDA, IN DETAIL In speeches, Obama Read story

The Future of Workers' Rights

OBAMA'S VIEWS AT A GLANCE There are few surprises here. Barack Obama broadly supports expanding labor's right to organize, including the Employe...  Read story

A Debate over Workers' Rights

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Coverage, but at What Price?

THE OBAMA AGENDA, IN DETAIL Democrat Barack Obama's proposal is as at least as sweep...  Read story

Does It Matter That One Candidate is Comfortable Using Technology and One Isn’t?

JOHN MCCAIN'S AGENDA, IN DETAIL Though McCain supports many of the same goals as Obama, his Read story

How Much of a Burden Must Employers Bear?

OBAMA'S IMMIGRATION PLAN AT A GLANCE Barack Obama proposes simultaneously tightening security on the Mexican border while encouraging undocument...  Read story

Why Are SBA Loans Drying Up?

Critics say that the agency should be lending more now that credit is tight.  Read story

Soldiering On to Remake the SBA

In an expanded interview, Steven Preston, head of the Small Business Administration, talks about his efforts to improve the agency's processes -- and its image.  Read story

Soldiering On to Remake the SBA

Steven Preston has his work cut out for him.  Read story

Small Business, Big Controversy

Why are so many big corporations winning federal contracts designated for small firms?  Read story

Does the SBA Still Matter?

To get past the partisan debate in Washington, we went to a district office to find out what the SBA really does and whom it really helps.  Read story

SBA Loans: Following the Money

By: Robb Mandelbaum The Small Business Administration's efforts to make smaller loans available to more peo...  Read story

Is This Any Way to Run a Family?

Hoping to inspire, to teach responsibility and instill determination, Tom Parsons decided to start a business with his 15-year-old son. It seemed like a good...  Read story