U.S. Small Business Administration


How do I access names for my marketing database?

Marketing & Advertising mentor Lisa H. Buksbaum responds: Try to find a mentor or colleague in a comparable business to yours and se...  Read story

Sounding the Sirens

With budget deficits growing, government-sponsored programs for small businesses are being cut back or altered. Yet many government resources are still av...  Read story

8(A) Program

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Debt Financing

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Equity Financing

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Exporting—Financing and Pricing

Related Terms: Exporting The financing of export sales con...  Read story

Hubzone Empowerment Contracting Program

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Markup

Related Terms: Pricing Markup is the amount that a seller of g...  Read story

Transportation of Exports

Related Terms: Exporting An important part of the internat...  Read story

Wake Up!

Come on, fellows: It's 1985 and women are everywhere, involved in everything, and visible no matter where you look -- with the possible exception of your ...  Read story

Loans for Exporters

Chart showing number of SBA loans to exporters has increased 20-fold since 1987.  Read story

Who Gets SBA Loans?

Chart showing percentage of SBA loan dollars in fiscal year 1992, broken down by industry.  Read story

SBA Asks for Feedback on New Rules on Contracts

Jan. 18, 2005 -- Following on the heels of a report that found that the government has been shortchanging small businesses when doling ou...  Read story

SBA Approves Record Number of Loans

Jan. 24, 2005 --Despite rising interest rates and higher fees, small business owners tapped a record number of Small Business Administrati...  Read story

Number of Health Savings Accounts Increases

May 18, 2005 --A recent study shows that employers are offering more healthcare options, and their employees are taking advantage of the o...  Read story

Tough Timing for Proposed Return of SBA's VC Program

August 9, 2005 --After freezing the Small Business Association's venture capital program in December due to poor performance, Congress is ...  Read story

SBA Identifies Top Contractors

Many of the government's biggest small-business contractors have outgrown federal size standards.  Read story

Bad Rules Sought for Review

The SBA advocacy office is seeking bids for a list of faulty small-business regulations.  Read story

SBA Loans Plummet

The shaky economy is reducing demand for government-backed small business loans, the agency reports.  Read story

Thinking Global

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read story

Feds Short on Contract Target

Only three federal agencies met all their small-business contracting goals last year, the SBA reports.  Read story

More Scrutiny for Small-Business Contracts

Nov. 15, 2006 -- Small businesses will be required to recertify their size at the end of the first five years of a federal contract, acco...  Read story

Drought-Stricken Businesses Offered Loans

Jan. 22, 2007 -- The Small Business Administration is offering federal disaster loans to small businesses in Illinois hit by drought earl...  Read story

Report: SBA Unprepared for Katrina

Feb. 15, 2007 --  A lack of planning by the Small Business Administration led to costly delays in assisting Gulf Coast small...  Read story

Post Office, SBA Offer Entrepreneurship Videos

The Small Business Administration and the Postal Service have created a video-on-demand resource for entrepreneurs with advice and inspiration from successfu...  Read story

House Takes Up Regulatory Relief Bill

House lawmakers this week are expected to take up legislation requiring federal agencies to review the impact of regulations on the nation's small busines...  Read story

New Partnership for Disaster Response

On the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Small Business Administration and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced a partnership aimed at improv...  Read story

Minority-Owned Businesses Up

It seems that the rising economic tide of the 1990s did indeed lift all boats. The U.S. Small Business Administration estimates that the number of minorit...  Read story

Banks May Sell Off Your Loans

A secondary market for small-business loans could benefit entrepreneurs.  Read story

Where to Find Business Help

Where do small-business owners get information to help them run their companies? According to a recent survey, the most popular sources are magazines and ...  Read story

How to Protect Your Invention

Advice and tips on how to protect a new invention from copycats and competitors  Read story

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The Credit Card Option

When it comes to financing start-up businesses, women rank low among banks and other institutions, leaving options such as credit cards to get the business o...  Read story

A Dozen Ways To Borrow Money

To get bankers to open their pockets, you have to know their language. Here's a primer on the ways banks lend money.  Read story

Business Failure and Dissolution

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Small Business Administration

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SBA Partners with "The Donald"

The Small Business Administration and Trump University have teamed up to launch a free online training course for entrepreneurs looking to start a busines...  Read story

Study Finds Small Firms Drive Growth

Dec. 13, 2006 -- Urban economic centers rely more on small businesses for growth than older business districts, according to a report iss...  Read story

SBA: Review Disaster Plans

With storm experts warning of another active hurricane season, the Small Business Administration is urging small-business owners to prepare for the worst....  Read story