FAR-Reaching Bailout
More and more people are starting to understand why approving the $700 billion Emergency Economic Stabilization Act is necessary to keep credit markets flowing. But the American Small Business League...
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Maynard Jackson: The Ultimate Champion for Black Business
Maynard H. Jackson Jr. The year was 1974. Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr., who had just been inaugurated as Atlanta’s first black mayor, was holding court with the city’s business leadership. He told them...
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Obama Helps Small Businesses and Vets Win More Contracts
President Obama issued executive orders Monday that establish two task forces to improve and increase federal contracting opportunities for all small businesses and those owned by veterans and...
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2010 Entrepreneurs Conference: The Nitty Gritty of Government Contracts
The Roberts Companies CEO Michael V. Roberts I’ve long been fascinated with the process of securing a government contract. The largest purchaser in the United States, it’s no wonder why many large and...
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MEDWeek: Small Businesses Seek Suitors
The annual MEDWeek event helps minority-owned businesses find lucrative opportunities Although his business is just about five years old, Kevin E. Smith, president of KES & Associates, a...
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3 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Find Business Opportunities with Government
I recently had an opportunity to hear former New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson, among others, review the current business climate at the 25th annual MWBE conference hosted by the Dormitory...
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New Law Helps Minority and Women Contractors Land Big Deals
Gerald Smith, chairman and CEO of Houston-based Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors L.P., says his firm is already benefiting from a new federal law that’s helping minority and women contractors...
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Winning Government Bids
Hester Taylor Clark, president of the Hester Group, landed a $4 million federal contract Small minority-owned firms are winning as many federal contracts as their mainstream counterparts, but are doing...
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