What are you doing special for National Small Business Week? The event is being held right here in DC.
This is the first time I have ever heard of such a “week” but maybe the reason is that now, coming upon my first full year in this business, I am a fully invested entrepreneur. Entrepreneur magazine called 2010 the “Year of the Entrepreneur” in their December 2009 issue and I agree. It is always a good time to start a business and contribute to our local economy but there is no better time than when our economy is facing a challenge of growth and ingenuity. In short, there is no better time than now.
Last week I had the opportunity to visit the Arlington, VA office HQ of the Washington Business Journal. There I met a group of people curious about how to better serve the Washington, DC business community. They were literally asking “how?” In celebration of this special week they supplemented the weekly paper with a feature magazine entitled: From Beginners to Bigshots. Featuring a group of successful entrepreneurs, I was struck by how many of them used the Small Business Administration (SBA) as a resource for their success and how many small business people I know that do not (including myself).
To commemorate the week I am going to reaquint myself with the SBA beginning with the Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) which are designed to provide management assistance to businesses of my size.
What do you plan to do?
Jason Howell is the author of AMERICA: Still the Land of Opportunity, Always a Home for the Brave.\” For more insights on success in business and in life, pick up your copy today.
