Startups—small businesses that were five-years-old or younger in 2016 with full- or part-time employees—make up 34% of all small employer firms and are drivers of U.S. job growth. Results from the Small Business Credit Survey show that while startups have stronger growth and more optimism than mature firms, they have greater credit risk and experience more financial challenges. Women-owned small businesses with full- or part-time employees make up 20 percent of all small employer firms and are a growing segment of U.S. businesses. Results from the Small Business Credit Survey show that women-owned firms generally start small, stay small, and depend on small-denomination credit. Bank Notes takes listeners deeper into insights and analysis from the New York Fed.
Will has helped clients in industries ranging from food and beverage, retail, technology, engineering, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals/healthcare, construction, real estate, and renewable energy. Natasa was also a collaborator in an Emmy-nominated documentary “Picture Me and Enemy” and has a background in journalism working with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, CNN and public radio. One of her passions is coffee and she considers being an entrepreneur for 15 years, having developed and managed all aspects of a multi-retail, fair-trade coffee business, one of the highlights of her career. It is precisely this mix of expertise and Borcanin’s 360° approach to management, a knack to mobilize necessary resources and to motivate people, that result in positive outcomes. Currently she is delighted to offer assistance to small businesses in accomplishing their government contracting goals, in her current role as the Assistant Program Manager for the Southeast PA PTAC, based in Philadelphia.
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- There are many private, not-for-profit organizations in North Carolina that serve the business community’s need for training and education.
- Provides free counseling support for start-ups and existing small businesses.
- In addition, Cindy provides confidential one-on-one consulting to current or prospective small business owners and developing and instructing educational programs for the SBDC.
- SCORE provides free and confidential business counseling tailored to pre-venture and early stage businesses.
- We’ve partnered with the Financial Empowerment Center , operated by Freedom First Enterprises, to bring you professional, one-on-one financial counseling at no cost to our region’s small businesses.