The Daily Transcript celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit with a look at some stand-out local small businesses, issues and trends, and information from the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce.
MIAMI (AP) -- Do an Internet search for microcredit, and images of colorfully dressed women in Africa, South Asia and Central America pop up. But the international trend that began more than three decades ago in Bangladesh is increasingly finding a home in the United States.
The San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce is a network of nearly 3,000 public and private companies, including more than 100 nonprofits. These companies include roughly 400,000 employees who earn more than $15 billion dollars annually and represent nearly 23 percent of the regional GDP.
Nearly 90 percent of businesses in San Diego are considered small or micro businesses. This represents a unique opportunity for our region, and for the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce — the voice of business for the San Diego region.
How can a communications protocol elevate your business? Consider the impact of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications, and its ability to lower costs and offer powerful new business applications.
Silvergate Bank is a San Diego-based business bank that specializes in helping businesses grow through the provision of innovative, customized banking programs and products tailored specifically to each company’s needs.
In the latest sign of San Diego's craft brewers exiting their niche market and breaking into the city's mainstream, Ballast Point Brewing Company's CEO Jack White won this year’s local Small Business Administration's award for small businessman of the year.
The Associated Press is looking at the positions that President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney have taken on small business issues. The AP submitted questions to both candidates' campaign staffs. Here's where they stand on lending to small companies:
NEW YORK — Small business owners aren't excited about a new law that will allow them to raise money by soliciting investors on the Internet, according to a survey made available to The Associated Press.
NEW YORK — Many people dream of opening their own business. But some would-be entrepreneurs are finding that state licensing requirements are so arduous that it would take years and thousands of dollars before they ever would be able to hang out a shingle.
Small businesses navigated through the recession on different paths — some remained stable and some thrived, while others struggled to obtain loans and land clients.
Sept. 6, 2012 -- George Chamberlin speaks with Reid Carr, president and CEO of Red Door Interactive, about the growth of his Internet marketing company.
Aug. 17, 2012 -- Executive Editor George Chamberlin speaks with Elizabeth Echols, regional administrator for District 9 of the U.S. Small Business Administration, on the role of the SBA.
Join the Transcript, the Regional Chamber of Commerce and SBA in celebrating the entrepreneurial spirit. This annual issue also serves as the official program guide to the San Diego Small Business Awards Luncheon.
Join the Transcript, the Regional Chamber of Commerce and SBA in celebrating the entrepreneurial spirit. This annual issue also serves as the official program guide to the San Diego Small Business Awards Luncheon.
Celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit with this official program guide to the San Diego Small Business Awards Luncheon, hosted by the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce and the San Diego chapter of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit with this official program guide to the San Diego Small Business Awards Luncheon, hosted by the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce and the San Diego chapter of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
The Daily Transcript joins the Small Business Administration and the San Diego Regional Chamber in celebrating the entrepreneurial spirit with the local SBA Small Business Award winners.
The Daily Transcript partners with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce to produce the official program guide for the Small Business Awards Luncheon and to recognize contributions of small businesses.