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"Under the Bush administration, the SBA has languished, and both its budget and staffing have been gutted. Its flagship 7(a) lending to small businesses has also fallen off a cliff. I recently had an email exchange with Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, about what needs to change..."

—Jeremy Quittner, The New Entrepreneur

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Build Your Own Wi-Fi Network

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How to Build Trust in Your Business

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Not Your Usual Hip-Hop Mogul

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