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An overwhelming majority of small business owners feel they've been left out in the dark in terms of having either U.S. presidential candidate address specific proposals that would assist them, a new survey shows.
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Slate's BizBox takes a closer look at a SurePayroll survey that gave John McCain a 64% win among small business owners and finds some good news...for Obama.
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A survey earlier this month of 1,062 business owners with 100 or fewer employees conducted by payroll administrator SurePayroll found that 64% of businesses planning to vote for either Sen. McCain or Democrat Barack Obama are leaning toward Sen. McCain, while the remaining 36% plan to vote for Sen. Obama.
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During this election season, more than likely we will encounter – either directly or indirectly – a political discussion at work. Questions will surely rise on how to address a political conversation and what are the best ways to maintain a civil dialogue while voicing opinions.
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Another WSJ piece on small business and the presidential election. This one looks at two big divisive issues when it comes to businesses: health care and taxes.
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With the presidential campaign in full swing, the candidates will no doubt set their sights on the huge group of voters who own their own businesses. But winning their support will be a daunting task for Barack Obama and John McCain.
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The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council today released a great comparison of the two presidential candidates' positions on the issues that most affect small businesses. While the SBEC is known to support policies that probably more closely resemble McCain's platform, this is a pretty fair list.
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Cajole your boss into giving you a raise, win someone round to your point of view, or persuade your partner it's their turn to put out the trash - getting people to do what you want can be very handy.
Persuasion is a key element of all human interaction, from politics to marketing to everyday dealings with friends, family and colleagues.
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Sex, religion, and politics are widely taught as the three topics to avoid in any relationship. Paul McCord, who writes the Sales and Management Blog, begs to differ – at least on the political front. Paul invites an engaging discussion on the downsides of avoiding discussions of politics with sales prospects. Referring to the upcoming U.S. presid
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To err is human. But to persevere is a feat that often separates the successful from the mediocre.
In business—as in sports, politics, and the arts—many of the greatest and most influential leaders share a history of failure. Automaker Henry Ford and animator Walt Disney both stumbled badly with early business ventures. Early in his career wit
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Small businesses say years of crushing health care costs have them backing major changes this time around. The NFIB helped derail President Bill Clinton's effort to overhaul the health insurance system during the 1990s. Now, small companies with an average of 10 workers are bearing the greatest burden of insurance premium increases, which have gr
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Would you like to know which candidate will best represent the interests of small business? You're not the only one wondering. A poll at SBTV.com found most people believe Barack Obama would be the most responsive to the small business owner. Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee followed, each grabbing 20 percent of the votes in the informal survey.
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The American Small Business League has expressed displeasure with the candidates' perceived lack of attention to small business issues. However, although the candidates may not directly address small businesses, their stances on health care and tax reform could affect small business in the future.
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Small-business lobbyists on both sides of the aisle will do their best to keep health care reform near the top of the next president's agenda. The difference, it seems, in this election: They are looking to compromise.
Both sides have come a long way since 1993, when the United States' largest small-business lobbying group, the National Feder
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The 26th Inc. 500 Conference, held in Chicago in September, attracted a record crowd of founders and CEOs of America's fastest-growing companies. In between speeches, we asked a random sampling of 30 CEOs to describe their businesses back home, their love lives, and their political sensibilities. Here are the results of our completely unscientifi
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