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SAN FRANCISCO – The Business & Entrepreneurship Center and Small Business Development Center are proud to bring The Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour to City College of San Francisco on September 21, 2011 as part of a four-week series of events at 16 Community Colleges throughout California.   The tour, presented by the U.S. Chamber …

Experian®, the leading global information services company, today announced findings from its recently redesigned Business Benchmark Report. Findings from the Q2 report showed that the amount of delinquent debt has increased significantly for the largest and smallest businesses. Very large businesses (those with more than 1,000 employees) had the greatest shift in percentage of dollars delinquent, going from 11.6 …

To save money and improve operational efficiency, Minnesota businesses are thinking “green.” Community Reinvestment Fund, USA(CRF), a nonprofit organization that helps small businesses gain access to capital, has launched the Green Loan for Businesses; a pilot loan program for small businesses in Minnesota seeking to reduce energy costs and achieve their sustainability goals.

The program targets business owners who …

PHILADELPHIA, August 12, 2011  – Multifunding LLC has released a recent study among U.S. small business owners that demonstrates a gap existing in meeting the financial needs of this important segment of the U.S. economy.  As a result, potential growth opportunities are stymied, forcing these businesses to maintain the status quo, which is preventing them from hiring additional staff …

It is popularly known that the Small Business Administration program is one tool to help small business owners grow their companies and add jobs.  What is less understood is that the nation’s largest banks are not doing their fair share of SBA lending – stifling innovation and job growth at a time that our country desperately needs all of the …