The New York TimesDecember 26, 2012 By ROBB MANDELBAUM When the Jobs Act became law in April, supporters proclaimed a new era for small businesses seeking to raise money. The “game changer,” as President Obama put it in the Rose Garden as he signed the bill, was a provision to let small companies “crowdfund” — […]
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WEBINAR June 21, 2012 25% Discount for Small Business Chamber members In April, President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act. A provision in the law establishing crowdfunding as a mechanism to spur start-ups has the potential to significantly help minority firms. A study conducted by the Commerce Department concluded that women- and minority-owned
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Published on April 5, 2012 By Zach Carter and Ryan Grim | The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will sign the JOBS Act into law Thursday, clinching a rare and hard-fought bipartisan victory for his presidency. But to secure the legislative win, he had to pick sides in a simmering feud between
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Today President Obama is scheduled to sign the JOBS Act, legislation that has received both enthusiastic support from the business community and scorn from regulators and consumer organizations. So what is the reality? Well, the JOBS Act is deserving of both praise and scorn. First the praise. Contained in the Act is a provision for
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The Affordable Care Act turns 2 today (read my op.ed here) while we all wait for the Supreme Court hearing on the constitutionality of the individual mandate to start next week. More on that on Monday. Yesterday was a big and surprising victory in the U.S. Senate. The CROWDFUND Act that we, the American Sustainable
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Access to Capital vote on TuesdayTell Graham and DeMint to do it the right way The U.S. Senate will vote tomorrow (March 20th) on legislation to create another path for small businesses to access capital. The Small Business Chamber has supported the idea of allowing limited investments in small businesses with relatively low caps on
