David Stockman

The effect of federal budget cuts on small business is becoming clearer. The Small Business Administration fat-trimming includes a 25% cut in direct and g...  Read more

Four Pros Nominate Their Personal Favorites

Stock-market turmoil. Skyrocketing deficits. Fears for the future. OK, economists of the world, what one book would you recommend for understanding -- or ...  Read more

Beyond Uncle Sam And His Gifts

SMALL BUSINESS COULD LOSE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP FASHION VITAL NATIONAL POLICY IF IT CONCENTRATES ON SAVING THE SBA.  Read more

An Indirect Approach To Recruiting Directors

Of course you know what you want of your outside directors. They should be wise, experienced, with diverse financial backgrounds. People whom you and your...  Read more

Cleaning House

In his battle to close the SBA, President Reagan has turned on his own appointees, offended his business constituency, and welched on a deal with Congress. E...  Read more

Going For Broke

American weapons, not Russian, will be the death of us yet, and part of the reason is the unblinking support of the business community  Read more

Banker's Delight

Information on the SBA's improved 7(a) guaranteed-loan program.  Read more

Time to Fix the SBA

The Small Business Administration is in bad need of an overhaul. Here's Inc. 's bold plan to fix the SBA -- delivered just as the agency celebrates i...  Read more

Will The Real Sba Please Stand Up?

Ronald Reagan thinks of the SBA as a welfare agency. Congress thinks of it as a pork barrel. Most entrepreneurs try not to think about it, period. Maybe we s...  Read more

What's In A Name?

With the profusion of political lables, there is more need than ever for small business to create an identifiable image.  Read more

Memorable Achievement Or Hollow Victory?

On July 22, 1982, President Reagan signed Public Law 97-219, the Small Business Innovation Development Act. He was in good form as he made this strong sta...  Read more

Motion Without Movement

A diary of official Washington in the midst of an economic crisis  Read more

Election '84: Pursuing An Entrepreneurial Agenda

Are you better off now than you were four years ago? Don't smirk. The Trivial Pursuit phenomenon (see "Big Game," page 101) not withstanding, this must be...  Read more

Our Man In Zurich, Tokyo And Hong Kong

Jack Boles is betting that his general trading company can capitalize on the increasing interdependence of world markets.  Read more

Fast-growth Candidate

Other Presidential hopefuls have tried to sell themselves to the entrepreneur. Jack Kemp is the first to market entrepreneurship to the rest of the country.  Read more