Small Business Blog Post Material

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

http://www.crowdsourcing.org/editorial/global-crowdfunding-market-to-reach-344b-in-2015-predicts-massolutions-2015cf-industry-report/45376

• 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

References

BizJ: http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/washingtonbureau/2015/12/john-kasich-small-business-interview-for-president.html

BSW: http://feelthebern.org/bernie-sanders-on-small-business-and-entrepreneurship/

DTW1: https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/tax-reform

Forbes:http://www.forbes.com/sites/rohitarora/2016/02/29/why-donald-trump-would-be-the-worst-president-for-small-business/#3a4cd26a1c0f

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

SBO: http://newsroom.bankofamerica.com/files/press_kit/additional/Small_Business_Owner_Report_-_Fall_2015.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/

WP2: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-small-business/wp/2015/10/22/gene-marks-why-hillary-clinton-could-be-your-small-business-president/