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Numerous reports have cited that small businesses have plans to expand within the next year. An analysis conducted by the Wallstreet Journal in January 2016, highlights fifty-four percent of small businesses surveyed say they expect their employee base to increase. Twenty-seven percent of businesses interviewed for a New York Federal Reserve report, detail plans to increase their full time staff within the next year. A report in February 2016 by the National Federation of Independent businesses however, documents forty-two percent of small business have encountered obstacles in identifying qualified applicants for open positions. Similarly, survey results indicate that numerous businesses have expectations to increase profitability and/or sales revenue, while a complimentary majority cite difficulty in attracting customers and identifying new markets. To summarize the current state of affairs, it appears that small businesses share a desire to expand both financially and physically, but face disparities in realizing that goal. This therefore prompts the question: How should small businesses go about achieving affective and meaningful growth? | Numerous reports have cited that small businesses have plans to expand within the next year. An analysis conducted by the Wallstreet Journal in January 2016, highlights fifty-four percent of small businesses surveyed say they expect their employee base to increase. Twenty-seven percent of businesses interviewed for a New York Federal Reserve report, detail plans to increase their full time staff within the next year. A report in February 2016 by the National Federation of Independent businesses however, documents forty-two percent of small business have encountered obstacles in identifying qualified applicants for open positions. Similarly, survey results indicate that numerous businesses have expectations to increase profitability and/or sales revenue, while a complimentary majority cite difficulty in attracting customers and identifying new markets. To summarize the current state of affairs, it appears that small businesses share a desire to expand both financially and physically, but face disparities in realizing that goal. This therefore prompts the question: How should small businesses go about achieving affective and meaningful growth? | ||
| − | Adjusting to the current state of Capital Markets | + | ''Adjusting to the current state of Capital Markets'' |
-Since the financial crisis of 2008, small business owners have encountered obstacles in accessing traditional sources of capital. | -Since the financial crisis of 2008, small business owners have encountered obstacles in accessing traditional sources of capital. | ||
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*Personal savings | *Personal savings | ||
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| + | ''Managing Labor Expansion Effectively'' | ||
| + | *http://www.paychex.com/jobs-index/index.aspx | ||
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| + | Navigating Health Care Regulation | ||
| + | *Understanding the affordable care act and its impacts on employment | ||
| + | participating in the SHOP Exchange | ||
| + | negotiating on private insurance plan prices | ||
| + | converting their employee group plans into individual employer-sponsored plans, such as Health Savings Accounts or Health Reimbursement Accounts (HSA’s and HRA’s) | ||
| + | switching to direct primary care | ||
| + | using Workplace Wellness Programs | ||
| + | While some of these options may be accompanied by risks, they can serve as cheaper employer coverage alternatives. [http://www.cnbc.com/2015/01/08/5-smart-ways-small-firms-can-slash-health-care-costs.html] | ||
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| + | ''Understanding How to Leverage New Technologies to Attract Customers'' | ||
| + | *Social media highlights for SB : https://www.aabacosmallbusiness.com/advisor/15-social-media-statistics-every-business-needs-know-001509118.html | ||
| + | *AT&T small business technology report : http://about.att.com/mediakit/2013techpoll | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:50, 6 October 2020
Small Businesses On What Matters:
- Expansion of overtime eligibility
- Department of labor’s legal counseling disclosure movement
- Osha environmental regulation that affects manufacturing and farming
- ESBA’s retirement reform could hinder small business retirement plans
(NFIB)
- Many of the regulatory costs are fixed costs thus businesses with 5 and 500 employees pay the same costs
- 42% of businesses surveyed say that few or no qualified individuals applied for an open position
- Many other businesses cite that attracting customers to the business is their biggest problem
Small Businesses Want to Grow: How Can they?
Numerous reports have cited that small businesses have plans to expand within the next year. An analysis conducted by the Wallstreet Journal in January 2016, highlights fifty-four percent of small businesses surveyed say they expect their employee base to increase. Twenty-seven percent of businesses interviewed for a New York Federal Reserve report, detail plans to increase their full time staff within the next year. A report in February 2016 by the National Federation of Independent businesses however, documents forty-two percent of small business have encountered obstacles in identifying qualified applicants for open positions. Similarly, survey results indicate that numerous businesses have expectations to increase profitability and/or sales revenue, while a complimentary majority cite difficulty in attracting customers and identifying new markets. To summarize the current state of affairs, it appears that small businesses share a desire to expand both financially and physically, but face disparities in realizing that goal. This therefore prompts the question: How should small businesses go about achieving affective and meaningful growth?
Adjusting to the current state of Capital Markets
-Since the financial crisis of 2008, small business owners have encountered obstacles in accessing traditional sources of capital. https://ilsr.org/understanding-small-business-credit-crunch/ -Alternative Financing sources available to small businesses to help with growth
- crowd funding
- Non-proft lenders
http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/8448-best-business-loans.html https://www.accion.org/content/statistical-reports https://www.accion.org/impact-and-key-statistics
- Personal savings
Managing Labor Expansion Effectively
Navigating Health Care Regulation
- Understanding the affordable care act and its impacts on employment
participating in the SHOP Exchange negotiating on private insurance plan prices converting their employee group plans into individual employer-sponsored plans, such as Health Savings Accounts or Health Reimbursement Accounts (HSA’s and HRA’s) switching to direct primary care using Workplace Wellness Programs While some of these options may be accompanied by risks, they can serve as cheaper employer coverage alternatives. [1]
Understanding How to Leverage New Technologies to Attract Customers
- Social media highlights for SB : https://www.aabacosmallbusiness.com/advisor/15-social-media-statistics-every-business-needs-know-001509118.html
- AT&T small business technology report : http://about.att.com/mediakit/2013techpoll
References
BSW: http://feelthebern.org/bernie-sanders-on-small-business-and-entrepreneurship/
DTW1: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/tax-reform
HCW-SB: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/small-business/
FORT: http://fortune.com/2016/02/10/john-kasich/
SBET:http://www.nfib.com/assets/SBET-February-2016.pdf
TCW: https://www.tedcruz.org/issues/jobs-and-opportunity/
WP: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-small-business/wp/2015/03/23/what-a-ted-cruz-white-house-could-mean-for- businesses/
