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Are small businesses being left out in the cold when it comes to credit card reform? Learn what difficulties small businesses face with maintaining their credit sources in a challenging economic climate.

Are your goals keeping you down?

Posted by: Jeremy on: May 28, 2009

Q: We’ve been having trouble with goals at my workplace. Given the economy, our salespeople aren’t hitting many of the goals we set for them at the beginning of the year. While we don’t want to reward them for failure, we also want to acknowledge that their shortfalls are understandable.  How can we keep people [...]

Reactions to Obama’s small business plan: mixed

Posted by: Jeremy on: March 19, 2009

If Monday’s announcement of a new small business plan grabbed your attention, you should check out this post at Open Forum. Anita Bryant explains that it’s a good idea overall but most small businesses either aren’t in a position to borrow more money or wouldn’t turn to the SBA.
WSJ’s Kelly Spores suggests different types of [...]