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New Research Report Examines Declining Self-Employment Rate Among Baby Boomers
A new report released by the Office of Advocacy examines the decline of the self-employment rate among baby boomers nearing retirement. Authored by Bradley T. Helm, the report entitled “Understanding Self-Employment Dynamics Among…
Small Business Lending in the United States 2013
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RFA Compliance Saves Small Businesses $2.4 Billion in Regulatory Costs
Small businesses were spared $2.4 billion in first-year regulatory costs in FY 2012 through the Office of Advocacy’s work with federal agencies to ensure that regulations complied with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA). The act requires…
What’s new in startup funding?
“We fund passion, we fund potential, we fund people, we fund success stories,” says the website of Madrona Venture Group, where Greg Gottesman serves as managing director. The company provides seed and early-stage capital to innovative…
What Is the Level of Availability and Coverage of Health Insurance in Small Firms?
The Office of Advocacy recently posted several new one-page explanations of Small Business Facts — detailed answers to questions about small business economics. One installment in the series deals with health insurance patterns in small…
“Small Business Facts” Debut on Website
Confused about terminology? Or the basic definitions used in small business statistics? The Office of Advocacy has launched a new series, “Small Business Facts,” to demystify key small business topics and explain terms that often cause…
Solid Net Job Growth Seen Among Very Small Firms and Large Firms
Advocacy has just published its Small Business Quarterly Bulletin with data through first quarter 2012.
While small firms with 20-499 employees provided three-quarters of the net employment growth since the end of the downturn, more…
Immigrant Businesses Start with More Capital than Others Do
Immigrants make a significant contribution to business ownership and formation, according to a new study from the Office of Advocacy. Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners, and their Access to Financial Capital found that 10…
The Small Business Economy, 2011
Quarter by quarter, small businesses with fewer than 500 workers continued to outperform large firms in net job creation three out of four times from 1992 through 2010, when private-sector employment rose, according to data in the latest…
Veterans Own Nine Percent of U.S. Businesses, Advocacy Study Finds
With his wife Trish, Gary Walker, Missouri Small Business Person of the Year for 2011, opened a cleaning service. Their company, Magic Touch Cleaning, has thrived using environmentally friendly cleaning products. The company’s clients…