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Introducing TrendWatch, a weekly video series about the most important topics you need to know to run your small business now. This week: What Obama's jobs plan means for small business.
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Obama’s Big Gamble Over Small Business Job Growth
How can Obama have the biggest impact when he speaks to Congress about job creation Thursday evening?
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Growth Is in Overdrive on This Year’s Inc. 500
Companies that create jobs create the future, as Inc. 500 companies have been proving for 30 years. See these people here? Now it’s their turn.
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The Future of Venture for America
They're wide-eyed students interested in entrepreneurship, but they're eschewing incubators and sidestepping venture funding. What gives?
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Study: Start-ups Smaller, Creating Fewer Jobs
Kauffman Foundation analysis shows even successful small businesses aren't adding jobs at the rates they did in previous decades.
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Clinton Corrals Start-ups for Job-Creation Talks
Yep, it's still the economy stupid, and the former president is talking small business and job creation at the Clinton Global Initiative this week. Read more
The 2010 Inc. 5000: Top 10 Job Creators
With unemployment statistics all over the media, the job market can feel all doom and gloom these days. But, these Inc. 5000 companies have been the bright s... View slideshow
Reader Mail: October 2010
Responses to Inc.’s plan for revitalizing the American dream. Read more
A Craft-Beer Stimulus Plan?
A tax cut for craft brewers aims to spur local employment. Read more
6 Top Performing Industries for 2011
Want to start a business in 2011? Market researcher IBISWorld has targeted six industries with high potential for growth in the year to come for small and me... View slideshow
How Important Are Startups to the Economy?
Without the jobs new companies create, yearly employment growth would be negative. Read more
The Economy This Week
Small-business outlook continues to fade; job growth drops to four-month low. Read more
The Economy This Week
Small-business outlook fades; payroll gains mixed with rising jobless claims. Read more
The Economy This Week
Small business employment growth eases; housing market shows signs of stability. Read more
Small Firms Bolster Job Market
Amid payroll cuts at large corporations, small businesses created 42,000 new jobs last month, ADP reports. Read more
Payrolls Inch Back Up
After deep cuts earlier this year, employers added 8,000 new jobs in March. Read more
The Economy This Week
Small businesses struggling with cash flow; gas prices continue to hit record highs. Read more
Study: Business Churning Beneficial
New research finds economic gains whenever new businesses replace older ones. Read more
Small Business Payrolls Rebound
Private-sector job growth in July was led by firms with fewer than 50 employees, ADP reports. Read more
The Economy This Week
Small-business optimism hits record low; gas prices continue to creep up. Read more
The Economy This Week
Small-business and consumer outlook improves; private-sector payrolls rebound. Read more
This Week's Economic Roundup
Small-business owners plan to add more jobs; weaker housing market drives consumer spending down. Read more
This Week's Economic Roundup
Business owners say economy is improving; gas prices continue to slide. Read more
Job Growth Eases Recession Fears
Led by small and midsize businesses, U.S. employers add 189,000 new jobs in November, ADP reports. Read more
Small Business Driving Job Growth
April 5, 2007 -- Private-sector employment increased by 106,000 in March, led by gains in the small-business sector, according to the ADP... Read more
Small Business Adding More Jobs
Businesses with fewer than 50 employees continue to outpace all larger businesses combined in creating new private-sector jobs, a new report shows.
Small Businesses Drive Job Growth
Small businesses accounted for more than half of all private-sector jobs created in June, a new report shows. Of 150,000 new jobs added to the econ... Read more
Small Businesses Drive Job Growth
Small businesses continued to drive U.S. employment growth last month, accounting for 44,000 of a total 48,000 net new jobs, according to Roseland, N.J.-b... Read more
Small Businesses Offset Job Loss
Small-business job growth is decelerating, but at a slower rate than at larger companies, ADP reported last week. While the U.S. private sector ove... Read more
Small Firms Driving Payroll Growth
Led by small and midsize businesses, non-farm private-sector payrolls grew by 58,000 new jobs last month, according to the ADP National Employment Report ... Read more
Boomtowns '07
Riverside, Provo, McAllen, Sarasota… You may be surprised by the places that top our list of the hottest cities for entrepreneurs. Read more
Where the Jobs Are
Small employers are creating jobs at a breakneck pace. Here are the industries they're influencing, and the opportunities that lie within them. Read more
Bankruptcies Plague Small Businesses
March 2004 --While job growth at big companies tends to make more headlines, job creation in the United States also comes from small busin... Read more
Mass. Launches Small-Business Partnership Program
Massachusetts Business Connect will pair small businesses with larger corporations eager for outside innovation. Read more
Boomtowns '06
Bellingham, Washington; St. George, Utah; McAllen, Texas... You may be surprised by the places that top our list of the hottest cities for entrepreneurs. Read more
Boomtowns '06: Hottest Large Cities
Employment Base of 450,000 or more. Read more
Boomtowns '06: Hottest Midsize Cities
Employment Base of 150,000-450,000. Read more
Boomtowns '06: Hottest Small Cities
Employment Base of Less Than 150,000. Read more
How To Prepare For The Property Bubble
All but the most stubborn optimist knows that the property bubble of the 2000s is now deflating. This is a cause for concern for just about everyone since... Read more
Small Businesses See Rosy 2005
Feb. 24, 2005 -- Growth in the nation's gross domestic product coupled with an increase in the number of new jobs added and a rebound in ... Read more
Job Gains in February
March 4, 2005 -- More than a quarter-million jobs were created last month, confirming that the economy is growing at a robust pace. <... Read more
Where the Jobs Are
April 25, 2005 -- Tennessee may be known as "The Volunteer State," but a recent study suggests that more and more of its residents are be... Read more
Employment Picture Warms in June
July 8, 2005 --The unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since September 2001, as the economy added 146,000 jobs, according to a repo... Read more
Fast-Growing Companies Creating More Jobs
Oct. 19, 2005 --Today's most successful small and mid-size companies are also engines of job growth, this year's Read more
Fast-Growing Companies Creating More Jobs
Oct. 19, 2005 --Today's most successful small and mid-size companies are also engines of job growth, this year's Read more
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