small business

Book Rec: Range (or Yet Another Paean to Learning from Failure)

06/12/21

With summer upon us, I thought others might be searching for good new reading, as I was when I took up a smart friend's longtime recommendation to read Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World. So much good stuff in here.

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Black business owners cautiously optimistic about 2021, survey finds

02/18/21

A survey commissioned by Bank of America found that Black entrepreneurs are more hopeful about revenue opportunities than other small-business owners, though many are still struggling to bring in the capital needed to expand.

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Hope FCU, Goldman Sachs team up to help small busineses in the South

02/10/21

The Jackson, Miss.-based credit union is part of an alliance that also includes the megabank, seven cities and nine historically Black colleges and universities, and aims to provide investments of up to $130 million to help stabilize businesses and communities hit hard by the pandemic.

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M&T teams with fintech to help small businesses manage cash flow

01/28/21

The Buffalo, N.Y., bank and Railz will counsel clients that have uneven revenue streams and are unable to predict when they'll land new business.

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Biden picks California official Isabel Guzman to head SBA

01/07/21

President-elect Joe Biden picked California official Isabel Casillas Guzman to lead the Small Business Administration, according to people familiar with the decision.

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Fantastic SBRA Resource from Judge Bonapfel

12/11/20

As Credit Slips readers know, the Small Business Reorganization Act added subchapter V to chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code earlier this year. My go-to resource on subchapter V has been a thorough summary written by Judge Paul Bonapfel of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia. It is available for free on the court's web site, and with Judge Bonapfel's permission, I wanted to spread the word about the guide's availability.

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