Small Business and Entrepreneur

SBA Kicks Off Emerging Leaders Initiative for 2012

Entrepreneur Training Initiative Sparks Small Business Growth, Job Creation. Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration kicked off its 2012 e200/Emerging Leaders executive-level training initiative in 27 cities and communities.


Microsoft Announces Expansion of BizSpark Program for Startups

Since its founding three years ago, BizSpark has given more than 45,000 new companies access to the Redmond, Wash. giant's software and services and limited access to its Azure cloud-services program.


Export Loans Rise, SBA reports

The Small Business Administration is making a big push to help small companies who get export loans, and companies in Central Florida are seeing the fruits of those efforts.


Liberty Power Earns A+ Rating from the Better Business Bureau

Liberty Power, one of the nation's fastest growing and largest independent energy retailers, announced today that the Better Business Bureau of Southeast Florida has rated the company as an "A+".


Obama Pushes Small-Business Initiatives

President Obama at his first full Cabinet meeting since the State of the Union address said it's time to follow through on promises to help small businesses.


Small Investors Need To Watch Out for Fees

Q: What's the least amount I can invest in the Standard & Poor's 500 index?


Coffee Tech: Cuppow Combines Green Sensibilities, DIY Aesthetic

A simple concept, a slick design, and putting those old canning jars to use--Cuppow may just be a quirky coffee gadget, or it may catch on big. Either way, it's pretty darned cool: Cuppow lids take advantage of a canning jar's screw-top to create a BPA free, 100% recyclable, spill-free, and rather unique way of drinking coffee, or your beverage of choice, on the go.


Entrepreneurs Try To Succeed in Tough Economy

Every day in this country a few hearty souls look at the stiff competition, the rough economy, the government regulations and the fickle public and decide, yes, opening a small business is for me.


Entrepreneur Challenge Spurs Startups

Again this spring, $20,000 in cash and business services is up for grabs, to be shared by startup businesses or woAgain this spring, $20,000 in cash and business services is up for grabs, to be shared by startup businesses or would-be entrepreneurs, from the San Joaquin Entrepreneur Challenge. uld-be entrepreneurs, from the San Joaquin Entrepreneur Challenge.


Baby Boomers' Next Step: Getting Out of Business

With their retirement drawing nearer, boomer business owners are facing questions about the future of their work and the fate of their businesses after transitions that might still be years or decades away.


Giving Back, Full-time: Volunteering May Lead to a Job

In this rough and tumble economy, employers are quick to note that anything that sets a job seeker apart from the rest of the employment-seeking pack helps.


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McDonald's Monopoly Helps Spur 5.2% Comp Sales Growth

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) today announced that U.S. comparable sales rose 5.2 percent. The U.S. success was in part catalyzed by McDonald's Monopoly game promotion, said the company, along with ongoing popularity of what the company referred to as "featured products": the Big Mac, Chicken McNuggets, Fruit & Maple Oatmeal, and McCafe beverages.

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