Where Do New Jobs Come From?

Over a recent 15-year period, small businesses created some 65 percent of the net new jobs in the private sector, according to conservative estimates cited in a new report from the SBA Office of Advocacy. In An Analysis of Small Business and Jobs, Advocacy economist Brian Headd notes that many of the new jobs are [...]

Attend the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour

On February 23, 2010, at the Sunrise Black Box Theatre, you are invited to attend the first-ever national entrepreneurship tour and features the country’s top young entrepreneurs and successful local entrepreneurs. This high-energy event has lots of music, movement, opportunities to receive over $300 in prizes and continental breakfast.  And It’s FREE!
The programming is sponsored [...]

Free Seminar: Tax “Secrets” & Business Strategies All Successful Businesses Should Know

On February 17, 2010, you can discover why & how to structure your business to maximize efficiencies and what to know when it comes time to sell.
The IRSC Business & Technology Incubator in partnership with the Entrepreneur Development & Corporate & Community Training Institutes @IRSC, the Economic Council of Martin County, Small Business Development Center [...]

Free Seminar: Learn and Lunch – Customer Service

On February 11, 2010, learn how you can improve your customer service skills and deliver the excellent customer service that others only talk about. When was the last time someone bragged about the excellent quality of customer service they experienced? The truth is that people brag about receiving excellent customer service because it is rarely [...]

Free Seminar: Trends in Manufacturing for the 21st Century

Come Celebrate Entrepreneurship Week on Wednesday February 24, 2010 from 7:30am to 10:00am.

22 Business Tips from the Country’s Top CEOs and Workers

Yesterday, the White House hosted a Forum on Modernizing Government, which was an opportunity to draw from experience and wisdom of some of the country’s top CEOs and Workers.
Over on the White House Blog, Jesse Lee highlighted the best ideas that came out of the Forum. While reading the 22 best ideas, we couldn’t help [...]

The Economic Impact of the ARRA of 2009

Recently, a report was released to Congress from the Council of Economic Advisors, as part of the accountability and transparency provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).  This report provides an assessment through the fourth quarter of 2009.
Among the key findings of the study are:

As of the end of December [...]

Supporting Veterans Needs To Mean More

Local Congressman Tom Rooney celebrated a major victory this week in his crusade to increase mental health funding for our soldiers and veterans. Reps. Michael E. McMahon (D-NY) and Rep. Rooney announced $492 million for medical research, Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological health research, counseling and treatment programs included in the Defense Appropriations Act, which [...]

Weekly Address: Moving Forward On Jobs

Following the best jobs numbers since 2007, the President recognizes that such trends are cold comfort to those who are struggling and pledges to continue pushing forward towards positive job growth. President Obama looks back at the Jobs Forum he hosted days before and looks ahead to further action. He emphatically restates why he ran [...]

Unemployment Rate Improves

The unemployment rate, which had risen to 10.2 percent in October, improved to 10.0 percent in November.  This report report is the most hopeful sign yet that the stabilization of financial markets and the recovery in economic growth may be leading to improvements in the labor market.
Payroll employment declined 11,000 in November.  This is a [...]

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