Posts Tagged ‘small business loan’

With unemployment still close to double digits and entry-level jobs in short supply, it’s tempting for parents of college graduates—and other struggling twenty-somethings—to try to help their adult children start businesses.

If you have an adult child asking you for investment capital to launch a new business, you may be strongly tempted to comply. It might be a good investment, or it might not. Either way, a recent article in The Wall Street Journal points out several things you can do to preserve both your capital and your relationship. Understand that most start-up businesses fail within the first few years, so there is a good chance that your “investment” will not pay off, or if it does, it may take longer than you expected. Decide now whether you are making a…

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While many federal agencies will take a haircut in thThe Small Business Administration has emerged from the negotiations largely intact from Federal budget cuts.

If you are a small business owner, you may be pleased to learn that the Small Business Administration (SBA) dodged the budget-bullet last week. Despite bantering about a number of potential cuts, in the end, House and Senate negotiators agreed to restore the SBA appropriation to $433 million. The compromise spending bill includes a cut of 7 to 8 percent on total non-military discretionary spending. The SBA emerged, however, largely intact. Also, the business loan guarantee programs, which are financed through a separate account, also retained its 2010 funding of $236 million. Short-term, it looks like the SBA is still…

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