Are You Ready for Round 2? Topics: Rules & Regulations Tax Implications & How to Get Ready Bank Application Process & Pitfalls to Avoid that Delay Processing Presenters: R. Gregg White | SBA District Director Ronny H. Burkett, Daniel Crowson | Burkett, Burkett & Burkett CPAs Dominik Mjartan | OPTUS Bank…
THE POWER OF CAPITAL: HOW TO FUEL THE GROWTH OF YOUR BUSINESS
THURS. 1/14/21, 4P.M. EST Chase for Business and Advancing Black Pathways have come together to offer Advancing Black Entrepreneurs — a collection of practical resources tailored to help Black business owners grow and scale their business. In partnership with Black Enterprise, the National Urban League, the U.S. Black Chambers and…
Small Business For America’s Future Informational Session on PPP Rules and Guidelines
January 12, 2021 Join us for an informational session regarding the new rules and guidelines to the Paycheck Protection Plan on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 5:00pm ET. REGISTER HERE Featured Speakers: Anne Zimmerman Ms. Zimmerman is the founder and owner of Zimmerman & Co CPAs Inc., a public accounting…
New business licenses decline in Horry County; SC small biz chamber says it’s a ‘crisis’
The Post and Courier October 6, 2020 By Jay Rodriguez A new study from the S.C. Small Business Chamber of Commerce shows new business licenses for Horry County are down 31 percent from April to July of this year compared to the same time last year. The state is equally…
Opinion: Building a Better Future
Jacksonville Free Press August 21, 2020 By Frank Knapp Jr. The stock market is at an all-time high and the Trump Administration is calling it a sign of a strong economic rebound. Wall Street investors are doing well but only 20% of Americans work for an S&P 500 company. Most…
Accessing capital. Another option.
There is one clear conclusion we can reach from the SBA’s PPP loan process. Financial institutions are not extremely interested in lending to all small businesses even when the loans are 100% guaranteed by the SBA. In the first round of the PPP loans, the private lenders (primarily banks) took…
“A Dozen Asks for Your Governor” to help small business
Michael Shuman is a long-time friend with a distinguished career of creative and insightful analysis of our economy that favors big business. He also is an economist, attorney, author, and entrepreneur, and a globally recognized expert on community economics. Michael’s “A Dozen Asks for You Governor” builds on this ideas…
SC SBA Lenders
Participating SBA Lenders Statewide Bank of America 800-432-1000 bankofamerica.com BB&T 888-228-6654 bbandt.com Citizens Bank 843-657-2001 thecitizensbank.com CresCom Bank 855-273-7266 haveanicebank.com First Citizens Bank 866-323-4732 firstcitizens.com Fifth Third Bank 866-671-5353 53.com South State Bank (800) 277-2175 southstatebank.com Synovus Bank 800-708-5687 synovus.com …
GUEST COLUMN: Solving small business crisis is focus of bills
Florence Morning News, November 12, 2019 Lexington County Chronicle, November 13, 2019 BY FRANK KNAPP JR. Guest Columnist When the Labor Department job numbers for October came out showing that 128,000 jobs were added nationwide last month, The New York Times headline was “Job Market Shows Resilience.” What the headline…
Oregon senator wants to give small businesses a tax break for hiring the first employee
USA Today November 6, 2019 By Rhonda Abrams Special to USA TODAY In my USA TODAY column in November 2009 – 10 years ago – I proposed a new idea: a tax credit for small businesses who hire their very first employee. Throughout the last decade, I’ve repeatedly advocated this “first…