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Your Small Business Questions, Answered
Send us your questions on challenges you face in your business. Journalist Karen E. Klein will interview experts and distill their insights into answers.
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Slumping Small Business Hiring: Obama's Fault?
The administration claims it has helped small businesses regain their footing, but an index shows that hiring and compensation have steadily been declining -
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Regardless of Who Wins, Sole Proprietors Will Pay More Taxes
The Obama administration plans to let its payroll tax cut expire. The Romney campaign appears likely to do the same. That means millions will see an increase -
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Why Small Businesses Won’t Stop Underpaying Taxes
Getting small business owners to pay all the taxes they owe is one way Congress could lower the deficit. It's also political suicide -
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Women Help Startups Succeed. When Will VCs Notice?
Venture-backed startups lag the rest of the business world in terms of women holding top jobs, even as new research suggests they're linked to company success -
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More Dismal Science for Would-Be Entrepreneurs
Teaching entrepreneurship is a growth business for B-schools. Much of the curriculum probably isn't as useful as basic microeconomics would be -
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Spare Small Business the Campaign Spotlight
They're a small fraction of registered voters, aren't particularly dominant in swing states, and appear to have decided on their vote. Why are nominees so keen on small business owners? -
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Obama's Pizza Stop Creates Least Helpful Yelp Profile Ever
An unsuspecting swing state business owner's review page becomes home to a political troll war -
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Don't Ignore Those Non-Job-Creating Entrepreneurs
The presidential nominees should explain how they'll help the Gig Economy's estimated 10.6 million self-employed Americans—even those who aren't planning to hire -
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Limit Federal Grants to Domestic Startups
Congress didn't intend government funding to go to foreign-owned businesses. But that's what could happen if new rules the Small Business Administration is proposing go into effect -
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Is the CARD Act Hampering Small Business Borrowing?
It may be. The fact is, the government doesn't know why small businesses are getting fewer loans -
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Realpolitik for Microcredit in Developing Countries
Microlending isn't so hot at reducing poverty, but we should fund it in developing countries to counter terrorism -
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To Boost Small Business Credit, Think Small (Banks)
As the big banks cut back on small loans to entrepreneurs, their smaller counterparts are crucial for making up the difference -
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The IPO Market Closed After Facebook. That's a Good Thing
The initial public offering is more about enriching investors than helping startups grow. Entrepreneurs need better options -
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Obama Shouldn’t Embellish His Small Business Record
A new White House report credits Obama with increasing bank loans, cutting red tape, and lowering health-care costs for small employers. Data show otherwise -
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This Bookstore Owner Isn't Bashing Health-Care Tax Credits
A seasoned entrepreneur says the health reform law's tax credit for small employers is helping her 35-year-old Salt Lake City bookstore endure
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Small Business Job Creation Is Stronger Than We Think
Small employers are creating jobs faster than big employers, and faster than they did in the last recovery -
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Women Help Startups Succeed. When Will VCs Notice?
Venture-backed startups lag the rest of the business world in terms of women holding top jobs, even as new research suggests they're linked to company success -
Policy
Stop Pushing Universities to License More Inventions
Policymakers are throwing around incentives to encourage more commercialization. A better approach: Focus on improving quality -
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The Broken Small-Cap Market Undermines the Recovery
Small public companies are increasingly hobbled by capital markets that aren't working for them. This impedes their growth—and their hiring -
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Slowing Sales Show Small Business Needs Help
A new index of 200,000 small companies shows that sales are again slipping and policy makers should consider demands for help -
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Small Businesses Don't Choose Low-Tax States
Despite politicians' assertions, state tax regimes don't really influence where people launch startups or relocate existing small companies -
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SEC: Don’t Make Crowdfunding Useless for Main Street
The SEC is working on rules for small businesses that want to sell equity stakes online. The agency needs to protect investors from fraud without making the process too painful for entrepreneurs -
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The IRS's Worker-Classification Rules Aren't Working
Congress should halt the Internal Revenue Service's increased audits of small employers suspected of misclassifying workers as independent contractors until the IRS clarifies its rules -
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How Ohio's Budget Plan Could Boost Small Business
To increase small business hiring and investment, borrow a page from Ohio Governor John Kasich's unusual new budget -
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Regardless of Who Wins, Sole Proprietors Will Pay More Taxes
The Obama administration plans to let its payroll tax cut expire. The Romney campaign appears likely to do the same. That means millions will see an increase -
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The Best Government Investments in Small Business?
Politicians often tout job-creation potential when pushing economic development policy for private companies. There's a better measure to gauge effectiveness -
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Obama's Pizza Stop Creates Least Helpful Yelp Profile Ever
An unsuspecting swing state business owner's review page becomes home to a political troll war -
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Want More Startups? Learn From Chile
The Chilean government's counterintuitive program that pays entrepreneurs $40,000 to bring their startups to the country is one development model worth replicating -
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To Boost Small Business Credit, Think Small (Banks)
As the big banks cut back on small loans to entrepreneurs, their smaller counterparts are crucial for making up the difference -
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Is the CARD Act Hampering Small Business Borrowing?
It may be. The fact is, the government doesn't know why small businesses are getting fewer loans
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Policy
Stop Pushing Universities to License More Inventions
Policymakers are throwing around incentives to encourage more commercialization. A better approach: Focus on improving quality -
Commentary
Is the CARD Act Hampering Small Business Borrowing?
It may be. The fact is, the government doesn't know why small businesses are getting fewer loans -
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Limit Federal Grants to Domestic Startups
Congress didn't intend government funding to go to foreign-owned businesses. But that's what could happen if new rules the Small Business Administration is proposing go into effect
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