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May 5, 2010
Citigroup (C) plans to invest $200 million in community lenders that make loans to small businesses in low-income areas, the bank announced on May 5. The move makes ...
May 4, 2010
Are banks lending more to small businesses? It's hard to say. What's called "small business lending" cuts across several business lines at most banks, from real estate...
April 27, 2010
The role of the board in public companies has rightfully gotten a lot of scrutiny in the past few years. However, because the boards of private companies are not bound...
April 20, 2010
Venture capital returns over the past decade deserve two thumbs down. $100 invested in a venture capital fund in 2000 is worth slightly more than $98 today, once you ...
March 23, 2010
As the IPO market tanked in recent years, SharesPost and SecondMarket, both of which operate online marketplaces for trading private company stock, grew in popularity....
January 29, 2010
A few years ago, you took out a $300,000 loan for your business because you anticipated continued growth. But the economy soon fell apart, and so did your business. ...
January 22, 2010
Lesia Bates Moss knows opportunity when she sees it. Shortly after she became president of Seedco Financial, a New York-based nonprofit lender with balance-sheet ...
January 8, 2010
In recent months President Obama has pressured banks to increase lending to small businesses in order to spur job growth. Now, a long-awaited program approved in the ...
December 22, 2009
Back in 2004, eBay (EBAY) purchased a 28.5% stake in Craigslist for $32 million. The online auctioneer and the online classifieds company planned to expand into global...
October 16, 2009
Before your company receives an infusion of equity capital—whether from a venture capital firm or an angel investor—an investigation into your operations ...
September 29, 2009
It's a classic dilemma. A first-time entrepreneur creates a thriving company from scratch with the potential to be The Next Big Thing, but her investors thinks she ...
September 1, 2009
The credit binge and the crash that followed have left entrepreneurs in a bind. Banks, faced with rising defaults, dramatically tightened lending standards to reduce ...
July 17, 2009
The retail industry is bracing for a possible bankruptcy filing by CIT Group (CIT). The New York-based commercial lender is the biggest player in the business of ...
July 17, 2009
Diego Iorio sounds like the kind of small business owner the government's new ARC loans are made for. His two-employee audio gear retailer, SIRS Electronics, had been ...
June 23, 2009
As the effects of the recession continue, the high number of business bankruptcies—7,514 in May, up 40% from the prior year—shows few signs of abating. ...
June 15, 2009
The nonprofit Bikestation reached a crossroads in late 2007. Founded in Long Beach, Calif., in 1996 to design, build, and manage bike transit centers, the 10-employee ...
June 12, 2009
The third sentence in the letter Gary Kerr received earlier this month about his $50,000 loan from Capital One (COF) surprised him: "We'll begin reporting your loan ...
June 2, 2009
Small business lending was still growing through the first half of 2008, albeit more slowly—and much of the growth was via credit cards rather than traditional ...
May 29, 2009
Joseph Rosmann thought he was a model small business credit card customer. A 65-year-old general contractor in Bellevue, Wash., Rosmann typically charges between ...
May 7, 2009
For small business owners, a line of credit can be a lifesaver, giving them a buffer against cash-flow problems and enabling them to handle regular expenses such as ...
April 24, 2009
In the midst of the worst economic contraction in decades, some small business owners are experiencing an additional—and brutal—cash squeeze, this time at ...
April 3, 2009
Editor's note: This is an updated version of the story. President Barack Obama's pick to head the Small Business Administration, Karen Gordon Mills, was approved on ...
March 20, 2009
President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner recently announced sweeping changes for the Small Business Administration's loan programs. Are these ...
March 17, 2009
Everyone wants to maximize their tax deductions and reduce what they owe the government. But remember: If you report income as a small business owner, you face a ...
February 27, 2009
Portero, which operates an online market for luxury goods, secured $6.6 million in venture capital financing earlier this month. In the press release announcing the ...
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