Saturday, April 19, 2014

THE SMALL BUSINESS PLACE == 8/10/14 == (SUPERSEDED / RESTABLISHED)




Cancellation Notice:  10 Aug 14

Well friends, I've kept my promise!!  This preliminary "blog-accumulator" single-posting has been converted into it's own free-standing blog -- Everything about the change is detailed in this announcement (click here)

All the material contained herein, has been re-fashioned and distributed sensibly, I hope, across the new blog.  I have undertaken to migrate all other business-related postings from this blog to the new "permanent" home -- and believe I have done about 99% of them.

This also un-hamstrings me so that I can really start delivering a new level of information, both in quantity and quality -- and quickly clear my back-logs and funnel new info-flows in your direction.

I hope you find this new advance to be of lasting value to you -- in all your efforts -- upon which I wish you the very best of good fortune.  I hope -- as opportunity permits -- that you will help us "water" our knowledge bases with your life-learnings -- always toward the common good.


THEREFORE, THIS BULLETIN, BELOW THE SIGNATURE LINE IS HEREBY SUPERSEDED AND CANCELLED.


Yours, as ever,

David Nelson

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Started: 20 Apr 14

Note:  

  • I'm getting pretty close to turning this page into a full-blown Civic Mentor website, where it should be a whole lot easier to take full advantage of the growing accumulation of materials.  
  • I understand and deplore the limitations of trying to do so very much with this blog page which was never meant for such heavy-lifting.  
  • This page is just the first step on a journey that looks pretty promising, from here.
  • Just let me finish getting the Neighborhood Civic Mentor and a couple of other subsystems in play, and I will address this with my fullest attention.  (I'm thinking, maybe a coupla weeks, tops! Though I do suffer the bad habit of over-optimism -- at times)
David Nelson, on 6/26/14/THU
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Outline

Introduction
Purpose
Discussion
Request
I.  Static Information
Small Business Finance (Google subject searches)

Business Orientation Videos (Youtube subject searches)
Small Business Services (Chambers of Commerce and Other Territorial sources)
Standing Small Business Routines
Standing Small Business Websites
II. Web-Link Accumulator (daily inputs)

1.  Purpose 

To try to help increase chances of small business success and economic well-being for fellow humans, everywhere.

2.  Discussion

Sources:  Two types of information are included, (1) Static (slower changing) -- derived from surveying the Internet landscape and latching on to web-links that will save you some keystrokes and serve as reminders to help aid your more thorough exploration of relevant topics (1) Dynamic (Web-Link Accumulator) -- I'll try to link almost daily Small Business Administration (SBA) e-newsletters and more, right here, for you -- workload permitting.  I regularly receive some materials via email subscriptions -- others by personal research, word of mouth, and luck -- added as discovered.

Future Plans:  Greater reliability, expansion, and refinement of services will evolve with (1) creation of a dedicated "Civic Mentor / Small Business" website (soon) and (2) formation of the Corporation, "Mentor Enterprises/ELMS" (working title) -- hiring to begin, hopefully, by 2016.


Other Resources: 
Don't forget to explore the other great national and local offerings, all around their sites -- and elsewhere -- truly, we have a wise and generous nation and world at our willing disposal.  Lucky us!

3.  Requests

Please suggest more small business tools, of which you may be aware, and which might benefit others, in the comment spaces, below.  I will try to incorporate them here or in other services under construction.
Please "vote" for this bulletin, via the social network signals, at the very bottom of the page

Thanks,
David Nelson




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I.  STATIC INFORMATION
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a.  NEW!  Small Business Finance

Grant (Money) (Wikipedia discussion)
Subsidy (Wikipedia discussion)
Small Business Subsidies (Google search)


b.  NEW!  Business Orientation Videos


(To place these at your fingertips, if needed.
Helpful Wikipedia articles might also be referred to under most of these titles)
Why happiness is the new productivity (the story of Mindvalley) 
Entrepreneurship (Google-Youtube Search)
Business Philosophy (Google-Youtube Search)
Business Models (Google-Youtube Search)
Starting New Ventures (Google-Youtube Search)
Small Business Start-up (Google-Youtube Search)
Management Training (Google-Youtube Search)
Strategic Managment (Google-Youtube Search)
Finance Management (Google-Youtube Search)
Writing Business Plans (Google-Youtube Search)
Writing Vision Statements (Google-Youtube Search)
Writing Mission Statements (Google-Youtube Search)
Marketing Strategies (Google-Youtube Search)
The Marketing Mix (Google-Youtube Search)
The Product-Service Mix  (Google-Youtube Search)
Pricing Strategy (Google-Youtube Search)
Distribution Strategy (Google-Youtube Search)
Promotion Strategy (Google-Youtube Search)
Sales Strategies (Google-Youtube Search)
Employee Training (Google-Youtube Search)

c.  Standing Small Business Services

1.  Please keep an eye on local and larger territorial Chambers of Commerce -- those ideal agents of economic health:


2.  SMALL BUSINESS, IN GENERAL

d.  Standing Small Business Routines


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II. WEB-LINK ACCUMULATOR
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Please Note:  This portion of "The Civic Mentor" system-of-systems is meant to be specifically national in scope, for now, expanding further, as we move along.  Until an adequate, full-blown website can be put in place, specificity is not truly possible.  You will notice that the material, below, largely focuses on California and Arkansas and SBA generalities.  For those, not in or convenient to these States, I believe this list will still give you a sense of what the SBA (and others) can readily do for you -- which you can then pursue, on your own, at the wonderfully easy SBA sites).  In that case, look at the entries as running suggestions of things to look-into within your own areas.

Here are ALL the SBA District Offices and Regional Offices nation-wide, where you can begin to find local information

2014

7/24/14 -- Sorry for the delay in updating this for you -- been intensely focused on below bulletin, which I believe to be crucially important to fellow citizens of the world.  I hope you will take some time to consider it -- I don't think it's likely that you'll be disappointed -- at least I dearly hope not: "A BRAND NEW DARK AGE (#56) == IF the United States Had LOST Her Civil War"

0726 -- CIVIC MENTOR BulletinSOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING -- 3 Free Resource Kits
0724 -- Business Dictionary: What is "competence?"

0723 -- Business Dictionary: What is "customer service?"
0722 -- Business Dictionary: What is "accessibility?"
0722 -- SBA Mississippi Magnolia Newsletter
0722 -- Chamber-Link - Sizzling Summer Mixing continues
0721 -- Chamber-Link - Don't miss the multi-chambers Community EXPO this week
0721 -- Use Census Data to Grow Business -- (SBA Sacramento) - 9/17/140721 -- How to Contract with the Government -- SBA Sacramento - 8/7/14
0721 --Business Dictionary: What is a "mutual fund?"
0720 -- SBA Administrator: My 100-Day Progress Report | Spanish-Language ACA Webinar Series | Employee Fraud: What You Can Do About It
0719 -- Attend Business Seminars and Workshops - 7/21/MON to 9/1/FRI - SBA San Francisco
0718 -- GSA BLOG Update
0718 -- Why a Mobile Workforce Works for Government
0718 -- USA.gov BLOG -- Building a Better Credit Report
0718 -- Business Dictionary: What is "monetary policy?"
0717 -- Business Dictionary: What is "microeconomics?"
0717 -- Business Dictionary: What is "theory of the firm?"0717 -- SPECIAL EDITION | Explore Exporting with SBA -- August Webinar


<More to follow as soon as I can>

0708 -- Rancho Cordova Small Business Seminar 7/10 (SBA Sacramento)

0708 -- White House Rural Council's "Made in Rural America" Regional Forum -- 7/24 (SBA Arkansas)
0708 -- DOD SBIR Success Starts Here! | Join Free Webinar July 22 (SBA Arkansas)
0708 -- Business Dictionary: What is "gross domestic product (GDP)?"
0707 -- Business Dictionary: What is "fascism?"
0707 -- B2B Enterprise Content Marketing: 2014 Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends
0707 -- Rancho Cordova Small Business Seminar **Revised Information** 7/10 (SBA Sacramento)
0707 -- White House Rural Council's "Made in Rural America" Regional Forum -- 7/17 (SBA Arkansas)
0706 -- Do You Have A Marketing Plan? | Nat'l MED Week Conference | Affordable Care Act Webinars
0705 -- Join us for Upcoming Business Seminars and Workshops -- 7/7 - 7/31 -- (SBA San Francisco)
0703 -- Business Dictionary: What is "Information Technology (IT)?"
0702 -- How to do Business With the Fed Govt -- Workshop & Govt. Contracting Networking -- 7/10 - 10am - 2pm (SBA Sacramento)
0702 -- Business Dictionary: What is "deductible?"
0630 -- SBA Tennesee District Office Newsletter June 30, 2014

0627 -- California Go-Biz Seminar for You -- 7/24 -- SBA Sacramento

0627 -- Business Dictionary: What is "fair value?"
0627 -- SBA Region 4 News To Share
0627 -- iCloud (SBA Sacramento)
0627 -- 16 Jul 14 -- Sales/Use Tax & Seller's Permits (SBA Sacramento)
0626 -- Turn an Idea into a Business (SBA Sacramento)
0626 -- 15 July 2014 Cash Reigns Supreme (SBA Sacramento)
0626 -- Business Dictionary: What is a "risk assessment?"
0625 -- Business Dictionary: What is a "price?"
0624 -- Business Dictionary: What is "Keynesian economics?"
0624 -- 10 July 2014 MAC in Business (SBA Sacramento)
0623 -- Business Dictionary:  What is a "Consignee?"
0623 -- 9 July 2014 Class on Small Business Structure Options (SBA Sacramento)
0622 -- SBA Webinar: Social Media Marketing Made Simple - 6/24/TU/11 am PST
0622 -- Making Your SmallBiz Workplace LGBT- Inclusive | Searching for a Franchise?
0620 -- Business Dictionary: What is "curriculum vitae?"
0620 -- Attend Business Seminars and Workshops - 6/23/MON to 7/11/FRI (SBA San Fran)
0619 -- Business Dictionary: What is "correlational study?"
0619 -- Introduction to the DoD SBIR Program” Webinar (SBA Arkansas)
0618 -- Business Dictionary: What is "spread?"
0618 -- Register for a Complimentary Investing Workshop
0618 -- SPECIAL EDITION | SBA: Helping Underserved Entrepreneurs Succeed
0617 -- Business Dictionary: What is a "project?"
0616 -- Chamber Link - North Bay Counties - "Which mixers will you go to?"
0616 -- Automated Export System Compliance Seminar & Workshop - July 1 Registration Deadline (SBA Arkansas)
0616 -- Insider's Guide to Winning Government Contracts Seminar - FREE (SBA Arkansas)
0616 -- 20 June 2014 Sacramento Business First Event
0616 -- Business Dictionary: What is a "conflict of interest?"
0616 -- 18 June 2014 SBA Finance Workshop Truckee CA
0616 -- 25 June 2014 Cal OSHA Workshop for Small Business (Sacramento)
0616 -- Attend Business Seminars and Workshops - 6/16 to 6/24 (SBA San Francisco)
0613 -- Business Dictionary: What is an "economic system?"
0612 -- Modernizing GSA’s Schedules Program for Today’s Marketplace
0612 -- Business Dictionary: What is "a trustee?"
0612 -- Expanding opportunities for small businesses is a top priority for GSA.
0611 -- What is "marginal cost?"
0610 -- 23 June 2014 Sacramento County eProcurement Workshop
0610 -- Business Dictionary: What does "white collar" mean?
0609 -- North Bay Chambers of Commerce Mixers
0609 -- Business Dictionary: What does "kaizen" mean?
0609 -- 9 June 2014 How to Develop an Idea into a Business (SBA Sacramento)
0609 -- Join Congresswoman Jackie Speier Friday, June 13, for ChallengeHER—San Francisco, CA
0608 -- DIGITALGOV.GOV
0608 -- 10 June 2014 Business Loan Readiness (SBA Sacramento)
0608 -- Join the Call with SBA Administrator | 4 Ways to Market Your Biz This Father’s Day| Why Direct Mail Still Matters
0607 -- Attend Business Seminars and Workshops - 9 to 27 Jun (SBA San Francisco)
0605 -- Business Dictionary: What is an "annuity?"
0605 -- 12 June 2014 Finance Options for Small Businesses (SBA Sacramento)
0605 -- USDA - Rural Small Business Connection Event (SBA Arkansas)
0604 -- NEED A FREE~> Cell Phone, Computer, & Internet Access? (Civic Mentor Bulletin)
0604 -- SBA Overview and Finance Options
0604 -- Business Dictionary: What is "Throughput?"
0604 -- Business Dictionary: What is "Production?"
0604 -- Yolo Small Business Resource Summit (SBA Sacramento)
0603 -- Pittsburg ADULT EDUCATION / Summer / Register (6/2/14 - 6/9/MON)
0602 -- CALENDAR: North Bay Counties Chambers of Commerce
0602 -- 17 June 2014 Alternative Financing for Small Business (SBA Sacramento)
0602 -- Advertise with The Chamber Link (No. Calif. Counties)
0602 -- Business Dictionary: What is "Gap Analysis?"
0602 -- SBA Loan Programs | What Lenders Look For | Resource Partners (SBA Mississippi)
0602 -- FREE workshop series on Financial Management in June!! (SBA Sacramento)
0601 -- 5 Simple Steps for Better Management | Webinar Series: Making & Receiving Payments for Your Small Biz | RSVP for SBA & AARP Webinars
0531 -- Grow your business with email marketing (Pittsburg Chamber)
0531 -- Attend Business Seminars and Workshops - June 2 to June 20 (SBA San Francisco)
0530 -- Business Dictionary -- What is "social justice?"
0530 -- How to do Business with Sacramento County -- 11 June 2014
0529 -- SBA Tennessee District Office Newsletter
0529 -- Business Dictionary -- What is "globalization?"
0528 -- Women Impacting Public Policy - SBA ChallengeHER Event Hosted by PG&E (Friday, June 13, 2014, 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM)
0528 -- SBA Loan Guaranty Workshop (SBA Mississippi)
0528 -- The National Ombudsman: Protecting Small Businesses and Promoting Government Accountability
0527 -- Chamber Link - North Bay Counties Newsletter
0527 -- Business DIctionary -- What is a Leader?
0526 -- Business Dictionary -- What is Outsourcing?
0525 -- Honoring Veterans This Memorial Day | Webinar: Grow Your Business with Simple Marketing Strategies | 5 Traps in Paying Estimated Taxes
0524 -- Attend Business Seminars and Workshops - May 27th to June 13 (San Francisco)
0523 -- Getting started with @smartsimplemktg Grow your business with email marketing. (Pittsburg Chamber)
0523 -- SMALL BUSINESS TOOLS: How-to Tips for Women!! (2012 article, this blog)
0523 -- Will These Social Media Relics Rise Again? (WhoIsHostingThis.com newsltr)
0523 -- SBA Region 4 News To Share (Southeast US)
0523 -- Southern United States Trade Association (SUSTA) Presents Free Export Course in Baton Rouge
0522 -- USDA - Rural Small Business Connection Event (Arkansas)
0521 -- Did you miss the Small Business Conference last week? (San Francisco)
0521 -- IT MGMT Best Practices for Sustainable Growth: Grow Faster with the Right Data
0519 -- 28 May 2014 Finance Options for Small Business (Sacramento)
0519 -- FACEBOOK: How to grow mobile apps with fbStart
0519 -- Congratulations to Louisiana’s 2014 Small Business Award Winners
0518 -- Meet the National Small Business Persons of the Year | Watch our NSBW 2014 Events | Growth Accelerator Fund Announcement
0517 -- Attend Business Seminars and Workshops - May 19th to June 6th, 2014 (San Francisco)
0516 -- Congratulations Region VI Small Business Persons of the Year and National Winners
0516 -- 20 June 2014 Sac Biz 1st Event
0516 -- SBA Louisiana Launches Rural Outreach Initiative May 19 & 20
0516 -- SBA Announces the Nat'l Small Biz Person of the Year & Interview w/ Jim Koch of the Boston Beer Company
0516 -- The Future of SBA Lending
0515 -- Watch Day 4 of Nat’l Small Biz Week Featuring Fed Chair Janet Yellen & John Schnatter of Papa John’s Pizza
0515 -- 27 May 2014 Managing the Cost of Disputes for Small Business (SBA Sacramento)
0514 -- Finance Options for your Small Business (SBA 5/15 Sacramento)
0514 -- 21 May 2014 Labor Law (SBA Sacramento)

0513 -- Chamber Link - North Bay Counties Calendar
0513 -- Predictive Analytics 101: What Can it Do for You?
0513 -- Business Intelligence - Comparison Grid
0513 -- Watch Day 2 of Nat’l Small Biz Week Featuring Former NFL Wide Receiver/Small Biz Owner Eddie Kennison & HR Block Founder [and WEBINAR]
0512 -- Let’s Celebrate National Small Business Week – Together, Online and in Your Community!
0510 -- Join us for Upcoming Business Seminars and Workshops (SBA San Francisco)
0508 -- Turn an Idea into a Business (SBA Sacramento 5/15)
0508 -- SBA Participates in Dallas Small Business Expo May 15 - Dallas Convention Center
0506 -- Business Dictionary: 7 Days of Complimentary Downloads: 250,000 Graphics and Images
0506 -- Social Media and Marketing (5/13/San Fran)
0506 -- Register Now for Free Training! | National Small Business Week Begins May 12
0505 -- May Mixing at the North Bay's Chambers of Commerce
0505 -- Martes 6 de Mayo de 2014 - Como Convertir una Idea a un Negocio y
0505 -- 8 May 2014 Small Business Finance Options (SBA Sacramento)
0504 -- Free Business Webinars | 5 Keys to Angel Investment | How to Get Paid for Your Export Sales

0430 -- Register Now for Free Training! | National Small Business Week Begins May 12

0429 -- ChamberLink Calendar for Greater Sacramento Area
0428 -- Business Dictionary: Register Now for an Options Seminar in Your City!
0426 -- Attend San Fran. Business Seminars and Workshops - April 28th to May 9th, 2014
0424 -- Join Us for the Kickoff of National Small Business Week at Twitter (5/12/MON)
0424 -- How much is your Small Business HEALTH CARE TAX CREDIT worth?
0421 -- Human Resources for Small Business
0421 -- Contracting with CalTrans and Government Entities
0420 -- National Small Business Week | Support for Transitioning Military | Green Your Business for Earth Day
0415 -- Free eGuide: Generating Investment Income in 2014

0221 -- Business Dictionary: Human Resources



2013

1227 -- Business Dictionary: Attribute

1226 -- Business Dictionary: Specification (Spec)






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