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From Department of Commerce Blog
September 14, 2012 - 3:00pm
On Thursday evening, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physicist Jacob Taylor received a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (Sammies) for his advanced scientific research, which has potential for advances in health care, communications, computing, and technology.
From Department of Commerce Blog
September 13, 2012 - 11:15am
In a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday, the
Commerce Department’s National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) unveiled a new laboratory
designed to demonstrate that a typical-looking suburban home for a family of
four can generate as much energy as it uses in a year.
From Small Business Administration Blog
September 13, 2012 - 4:19am
According to Kauffman Foundation, young entrepreneurship in the U.S. is on the rise, with the 20-34 age group comprising 29 percent of the total new entrepreneurship activity in 2011.
Entrepreneurship can be an exciting adventure, and for the young it can be easier than you might think.
From Department of Commerce Blog
September 12, 2012 - 3:45pm
This morning, Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank delivered remarks at the National Automobile Dealers Association Legislative Conference. In her remarks, the Acting Secretary discussed how the Obama administration is working to strengthen the U.S.
From Small Business Administration Blog
September 12, 2012 - 12:37pm
A new focus on environmental responsibility is making it easier for small businesses and entrepreneurs to “make a difference.” There’s not only a huge variety of organic and eco-friendly products on retail store shelves to help Americans protect our ecosystem, but there are also vast new opportunities open to entrepreneurs who can provide green products to consumers.
This is more than a passing fad. This is big business for environmentally minded entrepreneurs.
From Department of Commerce Blog
September 12, 2012 - 11:15am
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released its report on Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States in 2011.
From Small Business Administration Blog
September 12, 2012 - 9:42am
Every year, countless businesses across the country experience hurricanes, blizzards, power outages, fires, tornados, and other events that can temporarily disrupt activities and, in some cases, put them out of business. For instance, in *2010, there were 98,000 fires to nonresidential structures, resulting in $2.6 billion in property damage. Hopefully, business owners are smart enough to carry adequate insurance to offset their property losses and have business recovery plans that enable them to function again.
From Small Business Administration Blog
September 12, 2012 - 4:15am
Non-compete agreements are commonplace in the workplace, particularly in specialist industries. However, their enforceability varies from state-to-state. California, for example, prohibits them entirely.
But non-competes can also come into play when you sell your business, particularly if you have plans to stay in the same industry. These agreements protect the new business owner against you opening a similar business for a certain amount of time, usually in the same geographic area.
So what’s a serial entrepreneur to do?
From Small Business Administration Blog
September 11, 2012 - 12:19pm
In today's challenging economic environment, where small businesses create two out of every three net new jobs in the U.S., help for small businesses is more critical than ever before. A key foundation of success in business is to leverage data analysis to discover insights and make smarter decisions. Delivering these types of services online provides the greatest opportunity to reach the most businesses.
From Department of Commerce Blog
September 11, 2012 - 11:00am
Yesterday, Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca
Blank traveled to Chicago, Illinois to deliver remarks
at the International Manufacturing Technology
Show (IMTS), hosted by the Association for Manufacturing Technology.
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