Small Business

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July 21, 2014 

Ex-Cons Get Boost to Start New Businesses

Ted Stanton lives in a 120-square-foot subsidized room in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, which he has converted into an incubator for his candy startup, Good Karma Karamels.

 Small Business Economy Sees Modest Growth

July 2, 2014 

Small Business Economy Sees Modest Growth

Increases in small business lending, new business formations and a leading microcap index suggest that the small business economy is continuing to see modest growth, according to the latest SB Authority Index from Newtek Business Services.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

 Small Business Retirement Plans: SEPs Take the Easy Way Out

July 2, 2014 

Small Business Retirement Plans: SEPs Take the Easy Way Out

Most of your clients who are small business owners are consumed with their day-to-day operations. They usually don’t have the time, nor the inclination, to devote to administering a qualified retirement plan for employees, even though they also will benefit from it personally. For these harried entrepreneurs, a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP), also called a…

Ken Berry, JD