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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Michelle Christian News


Makerspaces: An investment in our nation’s workforce

By Michelle Christian |
WASHINGTON – There are makerspaces located in every corner of the world, creating opportunities for entrepreneurs to capitalize on their own innovative ideas. Each brings opportunities for training today’s and tomorrow’s skilled workers needed for our thriving economy. The U.S. Small Business Administration is launching a new competition that will invest in their continued success.

Driving innovation through the support of entrepreneurship

By Michelle Christian |
WASHINGTON – The ability of small businesses to drive innovation is critical to U.S. competitiveness. The U.S. Small Business Administration recently announced the addition of seven new clusters to its portfolio of communities it supports through the Regional Innovation Clusters Initiative, raising the total number of clusters in the program to fourteen.

Women-owned businesses are succeeding in the U.S. economy

By Michelle Christian |
WASHINGTON – Women entrepreneurs make up a growing share of U.S. small business owners. The American Express 2018 State of Women-Owned Businesses report, which makes its projections based on data from the most recent U.S. Census Bureau Survey of Business Owners, estimates that they own 12.3 million companies in the U.S. – compare that to 1972 when there were only 402,000 women-owned businesses.

SBA administrator celebrates two years of supporting entrepreneurs

By Michelle Christian |
Dear Editor: Shortly after President Trump swore her in as U.S. Small Business Administrator, Linda McMahon vowed to meet as many small business owners and their employees as she could.

Bipartisanship brings loan program expansion for small businesses

By Michelle Christian |
Small Business 7(a) Lending Oversight Reform Act means more capital for growth

Encouraging entrepreneurship for military spouses

By Michelle Christian |
CHARLESTON – Each May we memorialize the men and women who sacrifice their lives defending our freedom. Often forgotten are the military spouses who give their all to maintain households and raise children.

Confidence and optimism for small businesses in tax season

By Michelle Christian |
Tax season tends to bring out a sense of dread. Whether you’re a business owner gathering a year’s worth of receipts in a file box for your accountant or a family scratching out formulas at the kitchen table, the paperwork and the ever-nagging fear that you’ve forgotten something makes mid-April our least favorite time of year.