Very interesting piece by financial columnist James Surowiecki, excerpted from The New Yorker: ILLUSTRATION: CHRISTOPH NIEMANN (reposted with respect from The New Yorker) “In the nineteen-eighties, a new kind of chain store came to dominate American shopping: the “category killer.” These stores killed off all competition in a category by stocking a near-endless variety of […]
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette July 15, 2010 Opinion: Main Street wants Wall Street reform Small business needs stable financing to create jobs and serve customers By Frank Knapp Jr. Small business organizations and owners across this country want Wall Street reform, but you wouldn’t know it from the attention the media gives to the U.S. Chamber of
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I took a short drive up to Winnsboro this weekend to visit an old friend who I hadn’t seen in far too long. Tim Wilkes is the chairman emeritus of our Small Business Chamber. He served as our organization’s chairman until he developed some life-threatening health problems which forced him into permanent disability. Since then
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Thanks for reading my first blog. I’m new at this so I’ll await comments from the more experienced to give me direction. Last month was a real thrill for me. Being asked to be in two press conferences at the U.S. Capitol with Senators was quite an honor. Check out the pics for details.
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By Kathleen Lanza | Business Opportunity Pundits from all sides are arguing over the best approaches to financial reform… BusinessOpportunity.com takes a look at the debate over how the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) might impact the nation’s small businesses. When the nation’s mainstream press, newspaper op-ed pages and the blogosphere are overflowing with
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By Frank Knapp Jr. | Business for Shared Prosperity Columbia, SC — The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce has announced its support for three Congressional legislative efforts to help re-energize the small business loan market and protect the small business borrower. “Relatively very few small business loans are being made today because of
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This Wednesday at 10 a.m., a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee will hold a hearing on S.280, legislation that would require cash compensation for real property deemed nonconforming under new local zoning regulations. The Small Business Chamber supports S.280 because it is simply a matter of common sense and fairness. A businessperson or individual’s real property
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SC Statehouse Report August 29, 2008 By Frank Knapp Jr. On Aug. 18, an opinion editorial I wrote ran in The State. The title was “The fourth pillar of success” because it addressed the economic development proposal offered by the leadership in the South Carolina Senate and House as well as from other economic development
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The State August 18, 2008 By Frank Knapp Jr. Recently, legislative and economic development leaders announced “an outline for South Carolina’s future economic success and job creation plan.” They identified three pillars for success: manufacturing, distribution and services industries; tourism; and the knowledge economy. Under their plan, the Department of Commerce would continue to provide
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