There is dire economic news out there &endash; 11 percent unemployment in North Carolina, drastic losses of state construction jobs, business credit is harder to come by.

Here’s an interesting article from the Harvard Business Review discussing the struggle some corporate executives face with using social media.

The NC Justice Center, a non-profit, public policy organization, is holding a roundtable from 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday, May 9, 2009, for Durham and Triangle small business owners to discuss the challenges and opportunities small businesses face in trying to provide health care for their owners and employees. Join the conversation: Golden Belt [...]

Karen Mills was confirmed as head of the Small Business Administration (SBA) Thursday. Her nomination drew widespread head-scratching because of her background as a venture capitalist, rather than as someone familiar with small business needs. The SBA is supposed to be the federal government champion of small businesses. According to its web site: The U.S. [...]

According to a recent survey by Discover Financial Services Small Business Watch, 90 percent of people surveyed continue to rate the economy as fair to poor, unchanged from February. But a greater percentage of small business owners see economic conditions for their businesses improving, and fewer people see conditions getting worse. An excerpt from the [...]