The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $605,000 in grants and loans Thursday to the Valley Small Business Development Corp. to benefit rural businesses.
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Jobs and Meg Whitman
By Susan Brown
CAMEO Rural Consultant
I heard a part of the debate between Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman recently. Meg bemoaned businesses moving out of California because of our unfriendly business policies. She should check out this report Business Relocation and Homegrown Jobs by Jed Kolko, of the Public Policy Institute of California. Kolko observed “that business relocation—the movement of business establishments from one state to another—accounts for a very small share of California’s employment fluctuations.” He concluded that “relocation accounts for a smaller share of job gains and losses in California than in most other states….”
If Meg is interested in business development and job creation, she should also read, Very Small Businesses Create Very Large Change by Philip Borden and Terry Bibbens. Their data shows that “the real heart of job growth in the small business community is businesses with fewer than five employees.
We’ve spent a lot recently on saving Wall Street, banks and the auto industry. I wonder how many jobs those industries have created in the past year.
Read more blogs from Susan Brown at http://susanrileybrown.com/2010/10
Clean Energy: Greening Your Business
Hank Ryan
Small Business Majority
October 26, 2010
Our second webinar produced in partnership with Small Business Majority. Hank Ryan explores how the clean energy sector offers economic opportunities for small and micro-businesses.
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About the Presenter
A founder of several successful small businesses, Hank Ryan is a leader in developing end user energy policy. He is currently a consulting policy advocate for the San Francisco Small Business Advocates, San Francisco Small Business Network and the Center for Small Business and the Environment. He represents CA small business interests as an Intervener in the California Public Utility Commission Energy Efficiency proceedings. Mr. Ryan is the principal of Efficiency Data & Development, an energy efficiency consulting firm.
California Small Businesses and Healthcare Reform
David Chase
Small Business Majority
October 19, 2010
Seven months ago, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed. A number of provisions have taken effect and it’s imperative that YOUR clients (Small Business Owners) are educated about this important and complex legislation.
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About the Presenter
David Chase directs Small Business Majority’s Sacramento office, focusing on relationships with small business organizations and owners across California and working closely with legislators and other policymakers in the state. Previously, he served for more than four years in the office of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, where he built coalitions with business and other stakeholder groups to advance the Governor’s agenda. David was part of the team responsible for building the coalition behind Governor Schwarzenegger’s 2007 comprehensive healthcare reform proposal.