Wyden Introduces Bill To Boose Capital Access For Small Businesses

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Today, Senator Wyden introduced the Providing Real Opportunities for Growth to Rising Entrepreneurs for Sustained Success Act (the PROGRESS Act) on a bicameral basis with Rep. Judy Chu in the House. The PROGRESS Act creates two new tax incentives to unlock the growth potential of all small businesses, designed to target industry and economic characteristics …

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Looking for capital for your private or non-profit business? Look to SCcrowdfund.com

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Our announcement last week that SCcrowdfund.com is now open for applications from entrepreneurs and businesses looking for capital to start or grow their business received good media coverage.  The portal enables small businesses and non-profits to put their business projects on either a donation crowdfunding or private placement investment platform and seek funding from South …

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New online portal opens for SC small businesses to access capital

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SCcrowdfund.com South Carolina entrepreneurs and small business owners looking for capital to start or grow a business have a new opportunity.  The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce begins taking business applications today for its new donation crowdfunding and private placement investment portal found at SCcrowdfund.com. “There is a growing demand for small business …

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65 Percent Isn’t Enough And Job Creation Is Suffocating

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The South Carolina Small Business Chamber is making steady progress on setting up a donation and investment crowdfunding portal to give small businesses and entrepreneurs another means to access capital.  To find out more click here. Below is an excerpt from an opinion editorial in Forbes by Ty Kiisel that addresses the issue of capital …

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Austerity Day

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US News & World ReportFebruary 28, 2013 Sequestration is the Wrong Kind of Certainty for Small Business Limiting job creators’ access to capital at this critical point in the life of our nation’s economy is a profoundly bad idea. By Beth Solomon Beth Solomon is the president and CEO of the National Association of Development …

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Access to capital through crowdfunding

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This week I’m off to DC to join David Levine, co-founder and director of the American Sustainable Business Council, in a media tour for the ASBC (I serve as vice-chair of the organization).  We will be doing a few other things including have discussions with the Americans for Financial Reform and hopefully some Congressional staff …

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OPINION POLL: Small Business Owners Say Access to Credit a Problem; Support Current Proposals to Boost Economy

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January 26, 2012 Opinion polling released today shows 90 percent of small business owners believe access to credit is a problem and that loans are harder to get now than four years ago; majority support key provisions in president’s American Jobs Act Washington DC, Jan. 26, 2012 – Opinion polling released today shows 90 percent …

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With the spread of high-tech devices, telecom expecting explosive growth

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The Washington PostDecember 23, 2011   By Matt Bauer   “While we are focused on internal industry concerns such as telecom consolidation and collusion and those that would dismantle net neutrality, our top concern as a company in 2012 is helping to lead the charge and get much more support to small, independently owned businesses …

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