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Recession Tactics
Please share your thoughts with the Business.gov Community about one effective tactic you've taken in response to the recession. There's not much time left before this thread closes, so submit your ideas before November 3.
Starting a Business in Different Industries
Starting any business is a challenge, but things can get even more complicated if your industry is highly regulated. Luckily, our Community members are here to help! Members are helping each other find local and federal resources to get their unique businesses up and running. Have a question about your industry? Post a question! Have info to share? Read some of these threads, and offer your own advice:
Calling all Business Finance Experts
As always, the bottom line counts. This month's questions about taxes, salary, and loans were challenging, but members still gave a lot of insightful advice! If you have more ideas, please feel free to contribute your thoughts in these conversations:
- Starting a home-based tax preparer business
- Setting your own salary
- Getting a loan to start up a grocery store
- Finding loans for young woman in retail
Business Planning Tutorials
Every day, members post questions in the Community about business planning. Tim Berry, one of The Industry Word authors, has created a series of 13 videos to help small business owners start out on the right foot, especially with forming business goals, prioritizing, planning,
management, and forecasting. Click here to take a look! Have comments or questions? Post them here.
Building Online Businesses
We continue to have a lot of great discussions in the community dealing with online businesses - whether it is about company websites, online advertising, partnerships, or loans. Check out our hottest threads:
- Running an online business partnership across state lines
- Loans and advertising for new online businesses
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ZanetaB
- Hi! My name is Zaneta. I'm a consultant for the Business Gateway program and a content manager for Business.gov. I write content for the site; blogs; and send e-mail updates on timely news across federal and state government. I'm looking forward to hearing about topics that interest you and how we can expand and clarify information on the site.
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NicoleD
- Hello, and welcome to the Business.gov Community. I am a consultant for the U.S. government, supporting the Business Gateway program. Several of my family members own their own businesses, and I'm interested in learning how others in the small business community are doing.
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AriM
- Hi! I'm Ari and I am a consultant for the U.S. government, supporting the Business Gateway program. I've been on the team only a few months but I have a background in small businesses, since my dad has owned one since I was 6! I'm really interested in trying to help anyone out there who has a business question. Enjoy the community and don't hesitate to make the most of all the resources on Business.gov!
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SteveM
- Hi, my name is Steve. I am a Presidential Management Fellow working with the fantastic Business.Gov team. Our goal is to continually improve this community to meet your needs, so we appreciate your feedback and participation.
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suek
- Looking forward to hearing and learning from you!
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ChristineL
- Hi! I am a consultant supporting the Business Gateway program. I look forward to hearing from you.
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