More than 18,000 Colorado small biz jobs at risk under sequestration
September 20, 2012 Comments OffMore than 956,000 small-business jobs are at risk if the “fiscal cliff” can’t be averted before January 2013. Of those, about 18,838 are in Colorado, according to an economic report conducted for the Aerospace Industries Association. The report increases concern that the job losses will be spread among defense contractors and non-defense employers of all [...]
Continue reading …Manitou Springs small-business owner Safron Neusaenger took a call this week from a vendor who said her debit card only covered half of what she owed.
Continue reading …Small business owners say online is the place to be – that is where they gain and target prospective customers. Small business owners are putting an increased emphasis on establishing and promoting themselves online to network and increase their customer base, according to a survey by Manta, an online site for small businesses. Ninety percent [...]
Continue reading …Mac McClung was working Tuesday in his Woodland Park shop, Bad Rock Automotive, when a mini flash mob surrounded him and began taking pictures. The group, from Pikes Peak Area Rotary Clubs, surprised him with a check for $2,000. It was a collective business hug and the group gave out two that day and has [...]
Continue reading …Small businesses hired fewer people in August than in June, and more than 80 percent of them are not seeking bank loans. That’s the word from the latest SurePayroll survey of small businesses. SurePayroll is an online payroll service which has produced its SurePayroll Scorecard, a monthly look on national hiring and paycheck trends at [...]
Continue reading …Every business has a story, and now they can use an online platform to share that story and showcase successes. The U.S. Small Business Administration launched “Small Business Owners Speak,” an interactive online site that features videos by business owners across the country who have started or grown a business with SBA help. The videos [...]
Continue reading …The Colorado Small Business Development Center received a $100,000 federal grant to help support services for small businesses affected by the Waldo Canyon fire. The services available include loan packaging, marketing and business planning for recovery, assistance with the FEMA disaster program and the application process for the low interest Small Business Administration disaster loans. [...]
Continue reading …Small business owners want to hear specific plans from presidential candidates on how small business needs will be addressed in the near future, according to a Manta survey of small businesses. In the survey, 40 percent of the nearly 2,000 small business owners surveyed said their vote will likely be influenced by how the needs [...]
Continue reading …On any given night in Colorado Springs, there are people with the entrepreneurial gene working into the wee morning hours on the next big business idea.
Continue reading …Atargis Energy Corp. became the first company to produce electric power from the energy of ocean waves by using a specific energy conversion machine developed in Colorado Springs. The company’s model, one-tenth the size of the planned machine, was tested in a large offshore wave basin facility at Texas A&M, and delivered 370 watts of [...]
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