Category: Business
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Holiday Season for Small Businesses
With the holiday season right around the corner, small business owners around the nation are anticipating an increase in profits and better prospects for 2016. The American Express OPEN Holiday Growth Pulse says that 92 percent of small business owners are expecting holiday sales to match or beat those of 2014.
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A Positive Trend in Women’s Representation in the Nation’s Boardrooms
The latest Gender Diversity Index report by 2020 Women On Boards shows a positive trend in women’s representation in the nation’s boardrooms . 2020 Women on Boards is a nonprofit organization founded by two women who were disconcerted by the lack of women in corporate boardrooms. They have been striving to get people involved to…
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2015 OPEN for Government Contract Awards
The American Express OPEN for Government Contracts Awards Program is now accepting applications for 2015. OPEN’s sixth annual awards honor small business owners for their accomplishments in government contracting. Nominations are currently open in the following four categories:
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NWBC Salutes Women Veteran Business Owners
The first week of November is set aside for National Veteran’s Small Business Week and this year, the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) is honoring women veteran business owners. Women who have served in the military are heroes, and when they decide to start a business that can employ other women or provide employment to…
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E-Learning: How the SBA Can Help Women- and Minority-Owned Businesses
“Learning never exhausts the mind,” said Leonardo da Vinci and that is the absolute truth. If you have the passion to learn new things and better yourself, your life will be rich in every sense of the word.
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Partnerships: An Essential Concept in the Lives of Women Entrepreneurs
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller NAWRB believes that women entrepreneurs are the best advocates for women and it is our duty to make sure that we reach out and help others achieve their true potential. Be it a life situation or a business opportunity, it…
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NAWRB and SBA Join Hands to Co-Host the InnovateHER Competition
NAWRB is excited to join hands with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to co-host the Orange County chapter of the InnovateHER competition. The InnovateHER competition aims at discovering women entrepreneurs with innovative ideas. This event is co-hosted by NAWRB and gives the brilliant business women of Orange County and surrounding areas an opportunity to showcase…
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The Cost of Cyber Attacks
The “2015 Cost of Cyber Crime,” an annual study released today by the Ponemon Institute reports that the cost of cybercrime to companies around the world is increasing rapidly, a rise that is only exacerbated by the sluggish average response time to these cyber attacks.
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Minimum Wage Rise
Just as it is a good time to be an American consumer, it may soon be an increasingly better time to be an American low-income worker.
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SBDC Celebrates 35 Years!
This month marks the 35th anniversary of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) program, the foremost small business assistance network in the United States. The SBDC program is hosted by educational institutions and state economic development agencies, and is financially supported partly by the United States Congress through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).