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Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs Learn To Use Washington
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Karen Kerrigan
President & CEO
Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council
www.sbecouncil.org
Interview Highlights
We work for small businesses in Washington, D.C.
We provide them with a voice on Capitol Hill, we meet with federal agencies and the White House, and Members of Congress.
We look at what the government is providing to small businesses.
We let our members know what small businesses can get from the government in the way of training and resources as well as access to capital.
If you are not paying close attention to Washington you are missing a big part of the picture.
Washington impacts your business, your operations and competitiveness.
Regulation impacts small business 3 times more than big business.
Women are starting businesses at 2 times the rate as men.
Minority women are starting businesses at 6 times the rate as minority men.
Women are more successful than men at business.
Businesses are looking for new business opportunities.
New businesses have to go global.
There are a lot of great FREE programs to help small businesses go global.
The Government has government officials that will help you sell overseas.
95% of consumers are outside of the U.S.
The government wants you to get the word out about their services.
SBA has great networks of free services within it.
SBA has gotten a lot better at streamlining the process of getting help.
They have great procurement training center to help small businesses get government contracts.
Within every agency, they also have free help for small business called the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Businesses Utilization to help them get government contracts.
All government agencies have to do a certain amount of business with small businesses.
We have all the contacts listed on our website
www.sbecouncil.org
.
The government will tell you where they are going to be spending their money next year.
There is a big opportunity in getting sub-contracts from companies who are getting big government contracts.
The source of job growth is going to come from small business.
There is a big opportunity for business loans right now.
There is a big opportunity in the Green area for small business.
Small business now has to operate in more transparency.
Your only security is working for yourself.
The slow economy makes more people start their own business.
Her advice for people is to "find your passion".
Information is important for your success and the government gives it to you for free.
People are paying for this information so they should use it.
You can get reports for free on markets in other countries.
There are a lot of things that the government provides for small business and we want to let them know about it.
A lot of their members say they are benefiting from the information that the government is providing.
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