Obama and Snowe Work to Increase Size of SBA Loans

Oct 22, 2009 by Aaron Rubman

Yesterday President Obama announced that he intends to target a portion of the remaining TARP bailout funds to the needs of Small Businesses.

According to a summary of the president’s proposal posted on www.whitehouse.gov, this new plan would increase the funds available through Small Business Administration microloans from $35,000 per business to $50,000 to business and the funds available through 7(a) loans from $2 million per business to $5 million per business.

7(a) loans are typically used to purchase machinery, equipment, and real estate and can also be used to re-finance existing debts.  In contrast, micro-loans cannot be used to …

SBA Videos on YouTube

Aug 31, 2009 by Aaron Rubman

For the past two months the Small Business Administration has been posting informational and advice videos to YouTube.  Last week they went a step further and formed an SBA Channel on the video sharing service.

The Delivering Success series, which form the bulk of the channel’s current content, offers tips on topics ranging from hiring, to marketing, to mission adaptability.

These videos on their own would be a sufficient reason to visit the SBA Chanel on YouTube, but there is another lesson that can be learned while there.

While on YouTube you may also look at the historical viewership data of each video.  …

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