SurePayroll Helps Small-business Owners Navigate the First Hire Process
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
GLENVIEW, Ill. — We hear repeatedly that small business fuels the economy. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, 8.7 million new jobs were created in the small-business sector between 2011 and 2012. While small-business owners are ...

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Michigan lawmaker seeks to make small business office
Detroit Free Press
LANSING, MICH. — A Michigan lawmaker wants to create a new state office with the goal of helping small businesses get started and thrive. Democratic Rep. Collene Lamonte of Montague introduced a bill this week that would establish an Office of Small ...

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Score helps counsel small-business owners
Kansas.com
The Wichita Score Chapter (Counselors to America's Small Business) has accomplished in 2012 what it would like to refer to as an outstanding year in supporting its mission, which is to help small businesses grow and prosper through the willingness of a ...

Small Business Spotlight: Wichita Pottery offers space for artisans, students
Kansas.com
Instead, she opened the Secret Gallery in 2003, only a few years after starting pottery classes herself at City Arts. The family lives upstairs in a building that was a grocery store from the 1930s to the 1970s and then housed several other businesses ...

Small business to Springfield: You're losing us
Crain's Chicago Business
Illinois is perceived as a very difficult place to own a business, and the majority of small-business owners understandably believe they rank very low on Springfield's priority list. Indeed, while Illinois legislators are quick to talk about small ...

Small-business owners stand up for voice in political debate
Minnesota Public Radio
"If politicians want to foster economic growth and boost the small business community, there needs to be a change in dialogue," he wrote. "In this era of renewed interest in entrepreneurship, our nation's leader must present American's with the ...

Goldman classes a big boost for Utah small business
Salt Lake Tribune
Dsouza was one of 33 Utah small-business owners in the first class to graduate Wednesday from Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Small Businesses program, an educational initiative that aims to create jobs and spur growth in Utah and elsewhere in the U.S. The ...

Top 30 Small Business Champions to Follow on Twitter
Huffington Post
If you want to stay ahead of your competition, you should keep your small business toolbox stocked with the latest and greatest news and innovations. And when it comes to technology, industry trends and how they positively or negatively affect your ...