We checked in with high school junior Ryan Schnaufer during America's Small Business Summit 2012. He earned a trip to the Summit with his parents for being selected a runner-up in the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA) Saunders Scholarship program. So what was Ryan's great business idea? Watch the video.
Small business owners face a frustrating generation gap when it comes to working with the Millennial generation--those born roughly during the 1980s. At America's Small Business Summit 2012, they learned that they need to embrace them and incorporate them into the cultures of their businesses for future success.
The U.S. Chamber's President and CEO Tom Donohue delivered a spirited defense of free enterprise and entrepreneurship at America's Small Business Summit 2012 on May 22.
We share some fundamental beliefs that bind us together. What are they?
We believe in the free enterprise system. It’s not perfect, but it provides one thing most other systems don’t—opportunity … The opportunity to try and succeed beyond our wildest expectations. Or the opportunity to fail and try again.
We believe it’s OK to fail—in fact, failure is a key part of success.
The legislative theme heading into the November election is congressional inaction, according to U.S. Chamber experts in transportation, education, and labor and immigration policies told attendees of America’s Small Business Summit 2012.
The president, CEO, and chairman of FedEx had a simple message to small business owners attending America's Small Business Summit 2012: Your growth, and possibly even survival, will depend on accessing new customers in international markets.
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Positive Pocket's CEO and founder, Rebecca Zerbo talked about what inspired her to go into business and her latest product, a bracelet that's also a pen.
Free Enterprise recently wrote about Rebecca for being the winner of the Young Entrepreneurs Academy's (YEA) national Saunders Scholarship program.
Connecting over 900 million people has made Facebook the social media giant. Staff from the company educated small business owners at America's Small Business Summit 2012 about using the company's tools to connect to customers and grow their business.
Sarah Smith, director of Online Operations in Facebook's Austin office, walked the packed room through the four-step process to Facebook success.
When it comes to funding your business, it’s all about relationships, according to the diverse panel that made up the access to capital breakout session at America’s Small Business Summit 2012.
Marketer and entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk told participants at the U.S. Chamber's America's Small Business Summit that we're seeing a "culture shift" in media.
A trio of successful small business owners appearing at America's Small Business Summit 2012 talked about raising capital, finding human talent, and using social media. The three comprised The Wall Street Journal's "How I Built It" panel discussion during the May 21-23 event in Washington, D.C.
Entrepreneur and creator of the Chicken McNugget Ed Rensi is worried.
The former McDonald’s CEO says small businesses and entrepreneurs are being strangled by layers and layers of local, state and federal regulations.
“We’re allowing the root system to rot,” Rensi told the approximately 800 attendees at the opening of America’s Small Business Summit 2012. “We’re denying opportunity to so many people. We need to be scared, people.”
By Matt Millen, Vice President, Small and Medium Business Sales, T-Mobile USA
At one point or another, every major U.S. company was a small business.
Today, the U.S. has more than 27.5 million small businesses, some hoping to become the next Microsoft, Apple, Google, Krispy Kreme, Starbucks, and McDonald’s.
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More than 600 small businesses and local chamber and association leaders will be in Washington, D.C., at America's Small Business Summit 2012, May 21 – 23.
Entreprenuer Gary Vaynerchuk will talk about social media tactics, and Mary Matalin and James Carville will talk politics.
Learn more about who else will be speaking at America's Small Business Summit website.
Connect with summit attendees and join in the conversation on Twitter by using the hashtag #ASBS!
This month Forbes magazine features an interview with former Secretary of State Colin Powell. While known for his military might, Powell is also an accomplished business leader. From picking a good team to having the right attitude, many of the lessons Secretary Powell learned on the battle field are also useful in the boardroom.
American small business men and women have a lot of balls in the air. For most, every day is a juggling act of balancing the books, keeping track of inventory, managing staff and payroll, handling their own IT challenges, and more. These multitasking, enterprising individuals are driving our recovery and creating good jobs for U.S. workers.
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