Small Business Entrepreneur Blog

Ernst & Young LLP is calling for nominations for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2012 Awards, recognized as one of the most prestigious business award programs in the country. The deadline for applications is March 9, 2012, with the Midwest regional awards ceremony scheduled for June 21, 2012, at the Hilton Hotel in Chicago. The Midwest program …

Owners of startup companies are surprisingly optimistic about 2012, according to the first Kauffman/LegalZoom Startup Confidence Index released today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and LegalZoom. More than one-fourth of the respondents said they plan to hire additional staff in 2012, and twice as many of them expect the economy to improve or stay the same (68 percent) as …

Small business and entrepreneurs add growth to our economy, and this week their contributions will be front and centre as Manitoba Small Business Week kicks off today, announced Shelly Glover, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance and Member of Parliament for Saint-Boniface, on behalf of the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification.

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The Blackstone Charitable Foundation today announced the launch of Blackstone Accelerates Growth, a $3 million initiative that aims to help Maine transition to an innovative economy that supports sustained economic growth in years to come. With a goal of helping Maine companies add an additional 10,000 quality jobs over the next 10 years, this initiative will establish regional hubs of …

The Council of Smaller Enterprises’ (COSE) Small Business Conference – one of the nation’s largest, most comprehensive education and networking events created solely for small business – is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, October 19 and October 20 at the I-X Center in Cleveland.

The conference includes 50 breakout workshops in the areas of sales, marketing, HR, money, social media, …