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Fueling American Entrepreneurship With Open Data
Posted byon October 3, 2012 at 1:13 PM EDTFor decades, entrepreneurs have used government data from Global Positioning Systems, weather monitoring stations, and other sources to power their products and services.
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Small Business Google Hangout on Wednesday, Sept. 19
Posted byon September 18, 2012 at 12:27 PM EDTOn Wednesday, September 19, join NASA Administrator Bolden, and SBA Administrator Karen Mills for a Google+ Hangout with ATA Engineering, one of the small businesses that made the Mars Science Laboratory mission landing a success.
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Patent Reform: Celebrating the One Year Anniversary of the America Invents Act
Posted byon September 17, 2012 at 1:28 PM EDTThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is implementing the legislation in a manner that makes it easier for American entrepreneurs and businesses to bring their inventions to the marketplace sooner, converting their ideas into new products and new jobs.
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Women Entrepreneurs Are Creating Jobs: An Interactive Timeline
Posted byon June 1, 2012 at 3:02 PM EDTAmerican companies have added more than 4.3 million jobs over the past 27 months. Behind that number are countless small businesses – entrepreneurs with bold ideas and a willingness to dream big -- meet some of them using this interactive tool.
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Ask an Entrepreneur: How Do Small Businesses Benefit from Federal Research Grants?
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White House Hangout: Small Business Week with SBA Administrator Karen Mills
Posted byon May 21, 2012 at 11:02 AM EDTOn Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at 3:00 pm ET, Small Business Administrator Karen Mills will join a Google+ Hangout to announce the SBA video contest winners and discuss how SBA assistance helped their small business and what inspired their successes.
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Startup Stories: JOBS Act Expands Opportunities for True Investments
Posted byon May 21, 2012 at 10:24 AM EDTStockbox, a Seattle-based company, says these new options are powerful tools in building relationships with investors who are interested in supporting community-based businesses, as opposed to the traditional venture capitalist format
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Startup Stories: Fast Forward, With a Few Speed Bumps
Posted byon April 23, 2012 at 10:00 AM EDTThis guest post from the CEO and co-founder of FirstBest Systems looks at how the JOBS Act will open new pathways to capital, from seed to growth stage, allowing new ventures across the country to realize their visions
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American Business Leaders Speak Out about the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act
Posted byon April 20, 2012 at 3:35 PM EDTThis bipartisan legislation will help growing businesses access financing while maintaining investor protections, and includes all three of the capital formation priorities that the President first called for last fall: allowing “crowdfunding,” expanding “mini-public offerings,” and creating an “IPO on-ramp” consistent with investor protections
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Connecting Grads to Resources to Help You Start a Business
Posted byon April 20, 2012 at 11:52 AM EDTThe Small Business Administration and the Department of Education are hosting a Twitter Q&A session to answer questions from recent graduates on starting a business and making Federal student loan payments more manageable