• OpenSky Interview, Pt. IV

    • September 8th, 2010
    In this week’s edition of Bloomberg Venture, Cris Valerio talks with OpenSky founder and CEO John Caplan about the online commerce company’s plan to turn bloggers into salespeople.  Read More →

  • OpenSky Interview, Pt. III

    • September 8th, 2010
    In this week’s edition of Bloomberg Venture, Cris Valerio talks with OpenSky founder and CEO John Caplan about the online commerce company’s plan to turn bloggers into salespeople.  Read More →

  • On Deck Capital Targets Businesses Banks Won’t Touch

    • September 7th, 2010
    The online lending service is thriving by making loans to struggling small companies. Its founder wants to turn it into a matchmaking system for business borrowers and lenders  Read More →

  • Obama Plans Business Tax Cuts, Spending to Aid Growth

    • September 7th, 2010
    President Barack Obama is proposing to expand tax cuts for businesses and boost federal spending on the nation’s transportation system to help bolster an economy that’s losing jobs heading into the November congressional elections.  Read More →

  • What the Drop in Self-Employment Means

    • September 3rd, 2010
    The number of Americans who were self-employed dropped in August to the lowest level in eight years, showing the economic recovery is not strong enough to nurture new businesses  Read More →

  • Crafting a Career in Eco-Chic Jewelry

    • September 2nd, 2010
    Tragedy led Goldman Sachs analyst Monique Péan to make jewelry as a form of therapy. Now Michelle Obama wears her pieces  Read More →

  • Schumer Asks Fed to Limit Pitching of Business Cards

    • September 1st, 2010
    The senator wants the Federal Reserve to look more closely at credit-card issuers marketing business cards to consumers  Read More →

  • Five Rules for Collecting Late Payments

    • August 31st, 2010
    To increase your odds of getting paid, act quickly. Maintaining a credit policy can help you avoid getting into the situation  Read More →

  • Why Small Business Can’t Get Financing

    • August 31st, 2010
    Small companies are desperate for growth capital, but banks and investors remain cautious, says Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project’s John Paglia  Read More →

  • Obama Asks Republicans to End Jobs ‘Blockade’

    • August 30th, 2010
    President Barack Obama said his economic advisers will examine “additional measures” to promote hiring and growth and urged Senate Republicans to drop their “blockade” of a measure to help small businesses.  Read More →

  • U.A.E. Is in Final Stages of Enacting Laws to Boost Investment

    • August 30th, 2010
    The United Arab Emirates is in the final stages of enacting new laws and updating existing regulations to boost investor confidence in the second-largest economy in the Persian Gulf, Minister of Economy Sultan Bin Saeed al-Mansouri was cited as saying by the WAM news agency.  Read More →

  • Health-Care Reform: Sorting Fact from Fiction

    • August 28th, 2010

  • Small Businesses Skip the Health-Care Tax Credit

    • August 27th, 2010
    Insurance brokers say response is low because the value of the benefit declines quickly for companies that pay average annual wages of more than $25,000 or employ more than 25 workers  Read More →

  • Why It’s Getting Harder to Hire Foreign Workers

    • August 27th, 2010
    Federal agencies in charge of employment visas are making them harder to get, advocacy groups say  Read More →

  • Ideas Wanted: Multinationals Open Doors to Entrepreneurs

    • August 26th, 2010
    Giants such as GE and PepsiCo are sponsoring competitions that let startups strut their stuff  Read More →
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