Advocacy Visits Elkridge Electronics Recycler
On March 27, Chief Counsel Winslow Sargeant, Region III Advocate Ngozi Bell, and Special Assistant Erik Gulbrandsen paid a site visit to a small business pioneer in electronics recycling, E-Structors, in Elkridge, Maryland.
There's some…
SBA Works with Business for Fair Regulations
The following guest editorial article by Chief Counsel for Advocacy Winslow Sargeant appeared in Saturday's Nashville Tennessean (March 10).
As chief counsel for advocacy in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy,…
Advocacy’s New Research Resource
Interested in delving into the data on businesses owned by women, veterans, or minorities? Looking for the latest statistics on small business lending or venture capital? Advocacy has a new user-friendly web page, Small Business Data…
The Dynamic Relationship Between Entrepreneurship, Unemployment, and Growth: Evidence from U.S.…
Entrepreneurship, economic growth, and unemployment
are interrelated: exactly how is the subject of
this research. Does entrepreneurship lead to economic
growth or vice versa? Does entrepreneurship
lower unemployment, or does unemployment…
No More Crying Over Spilled Milk
Small businesses saved $11.7 billion in fiscal year 2011—and $10.7 billion of that will be annually recurring costs—as a result of regulatory changes made to final rules based on Office of Advocacy recommendations, according to this year’s…
Understanding Small Business Activity at the State-Level
The study examines the impact of small business activity by industry on overall state economic growth. A few studies have focused on the impact of small business in general at the state level, but their results make it clear that the…
Small Business GDP: Update 2002-2010
U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of the goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States. This research takes each component of private nonfarm GDP and estimates the proportions produced by…
2011 Small Business Profiles for the States and Territories
The Office of Advocacy’s Small Business Profiles are an annual analysis of each state’s small business activities. Each profile gathers the latest information from key federal data-gathering agencies to provide a snapshot of small business…
Postponed — See Dec 28 Entry
(Was: Deadline Looms for Posting Employee Rights per National Labor Relations Act)
As of January 31, 2012, most private sector employers must post a notice of employee rights under the National Labor Relations Act at their worksites. The…
WASHINGTON POST — Commentary: The economy needs small business
By Todd McCracken and Dan Danner
December 11
In the past few months, there has been an influx of sentiment claiming that small businesses aren’t really that important to the U.S. economy and that politicians spend far too much time…