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Small businesses face tremendous challenges in today’s global economy. Foreign competition, rising costs and regulatory burdens make it difficult for small businesses to succeed. Yet more than 28 million small businesses nationwide have overcome these challenges to employ nearly 57 million people. That’s why NJBIA acts as a partner...
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Two North New Jersey small businesses were recognized during the Fifth Annual FedEx Small Business Grant contest. With participants from nine countries, and more than 1.5 million votes cast, the North Jersey business community is home to two of the contest’s ten winners.
Based in Glen Ridge, Flex Frost Ice Cream will receive a...
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You wouldn’t be wrong if you said that Dr. Lisa Aumiller has taken the road less traveled. She did. Seven years ago, when she came to a crossroads in her career as a veterinarian, she decided to get off the traditional career path by loading up her Chrysler Pacifica with her stethoscope and microscope in hand and treating dogs and...
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More than half of Americans either own or work for a small business, and small businesses create approximately two thirds of the country’s new private-sector jobs. At the same time, over half of new businesses face significant and unique challenges within the first five years.
National Small Business Week, which takes place from...
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Brenda Hopper, NJSBDC network’s chief executive officer and state director, and Deborah Smarth, chief operating officer and associate state director, have appointed Dr. Sayed Ibrahim and Brian McDonough as members of the New Jersey Small Business Development Centers network Advisory Board.
“We’re recruiting successful small...
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Small business owners are the most optimistic they have been since the start of the Great Recession, according to the latest findings from the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index, conducted Feb. 6-10.
In the quarterly small business survey, which measures the optimism of small business owners, the overall Index score increased...
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The Hudson County Economic Development Corporation announced the launch of “The Million Dollar Challenge”, a new small business lending initiative aimed at increasing access to capital for the county’s business owners and entrepreneurs.
Working in partnership with UCEDC, a nonprofit small business lender and training...
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America’s SBDC New Jersey Headquarters, located at the Rutgers Business School in Newark, issued its annual small business deliverables impact accountability report for 2016.
The 12-center network, serving small business owners and entrepreneurs in all 21 counties, provided one-on-one management consulting for 4,228 small business...
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Small business owners are so engrossed with managing their firm’s day-to-day operations that “purchasing health insurance” is a topic they often have neither the time nor inclination to thoroughly investigate, even though offering health benefits is a crucial means for promoting employees’ well-being, and for attracting and...
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Ramapo College of New Jersey is now serving as the full-time host of the Bergen County office of the New Jersey Small Business Development Center (NJSBDC). Ramapo College has been an affiliate partner of the 12-center program for the past two years. The Center is located at the College’s Anisfield School of Business, 505 Ramapo Valley...
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Hudson County Executive Thomas A. DeGise announced that the County’s Office of Minority & Women Business Enterprise (OMWBE) has undergone a reorganization that will make information and assistance more accessible to the area’s small business owners.
“There are nearly 64,500 small business establishments in Hudson County....
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Nothing says that small businesses cannot be government contractors, but to listen to some that have tried getting work from the federal government, it seems they might as well be banned. A complicated set of rules, huge amounts of paperwork and a frustrating lack of assistance leave many small businesses on the outside of the...
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A $15 minimum wage would usher in a rush to automation for minimum wage jobs as businesses look for ways to cut costs to cover the higher pay, according to NJBIA President and CEO Michele Siekerka.
This year’s NJBIA Business Outlook Survey (BOS) asked member companies about the impact of a proposed $15-an-hour minimum wage. ...
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Small businesses and mid-size companies often have complex tax and accounting needs that require the help of a trained professional, such as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). But how do you go about finding a good one?
NJBIA’s latest Fast Facts brief has resources for finding the right accountant for your business.
A business...
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Anticipation: This best describes the US business climate as executives and entrepreneurs alike wait for policy changes – on various fronts – that President-elect Donald Trump will attempt to make after he takes office on January 20. Healthcare, infrastructure investment, international trade agreements, immigration, job creation and...
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