Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, creating jobs and adding new and innovative products to the market. The Small Business Administration exists to support both emerging and growing small businesses by offering services, tools, and resources at affordable rates. The SBA also offers several loan programs to help those businesses meet demand, acquire [...]
On their Small Business page CNN.Money.com has published some interesting stories on small businesses in the U.S. who are feeling the credit crunch and how they are responding. One page has a series of vignettes of small business efforts to cope. Business owners discuss many problems and solutions from moving their business locations, late accounts [...]
Good, solid, well-thought-through cash-flow planning just became all the more important. The New York Times reported in a 28 July 2008 article, Worried Banks Sharply Reduce Business Loans, how banks nationwide have clamped down on loans and lines of credit to businesses. “Financial industry executives say tighter credit from major banks represents a swing back [...]