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Please join us today in supporting America's small business and entrepreneur community by participating in the sixth annual Small Business Saturday! Small Business Saturday plays a key role in driving customer traffic and growing revenue for our 28 million independent businesses during the important holiday retail season.   Learn more   The Trans-Pacific Partnership—Opening Global Doors for Small Businesses   This weekend, millions of Americans will celebrate Small Business Saturday by supporting the backbone of our economy, and the biggest job creators we have—American small businesses. And though all of us can have an outsized impact by "shopping small" this weekend, the greatest opportunity for many companies to grow their businesses—and our economy—is to expand their reach beyond Main Street and take their Made-in-America goods and services to the global stage. Blog | Wishing you a Successful Small Business Saturday   This week, in conjunction with the White House Business Council, Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Burwell and Small Business Administrator (SBA) Contreras-Sweet hosted a conference call to wish small business owners and entrepreneurs success on Small Business Saturday.    Blog | 5 Things You Need to Know About Projecting Startup Profits This year alone I've seen several startup business plans projecting year three profits at 40%, 50%, or more, as measured by dividing net profits into sales.       Blog | 7 Tips to Starting a Successful and Legal Child Care Business Child care is a hugely important part of American life and a key contributor to the economy. So what does it take to get started? What laws and regulations must you follow, here's what you need to know. Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs)  Partake in free business consulting and low-cost training services including business plan development, manufacturing assistance, financial assistance, 8(a) program support, healthcare guidance and much more. SCORE In the first months of opening your business, you'll need to make many important decisions. But you don't have to make every decision on your own. Find a SCORE mentor to help you along the way.   Women's Business Centers (WBCs)  Women's Business Centers (WBCs) represent a national network of nearly 100 educational centers throughout the United States and its territories, which are designed to assist women in starting and growing small businesses. Find a Women's Business Center near you.    Counseling for Veterans Find a local Veterans Business Outreach Center near you! They offer services for entrepreneurial development such as business training, counseling and mentoring, and more.    U.S. Export Assistance Centers Exporting can enable small businesses to increase sales and profit, reduce dependence on the domestic market and stabilize seasonal fluctuations. If you're ready to explore exporting, find an Export Assistance Center near you.      Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs)  Doing business with the government is a big step to growing your business. Procurement Technical Assistance Centers provide local, in-person counseling and training services for you, the small business owner.  Introduction to Franchising Want to be your own boss, but hesitant to start your own business from scratch? If you want to have some guidance in the start-up phase of the business, franchising may be a great alternative for you.  Webinar | 10 Cybersecurity Mistakes You Cannot Afford to Make Tips from the Federal Trade Commission | Tuesday, December 8 at 2:00 PM ET The consequences of a data breach can be disastrous for a small business. The good news is there are steps you can take to protect your company's data. Using the Federal Trade Commission's Start with Security guide and drawing on lessons from more than 50 FTC data security cases, this webinar will lay out ten key steps to effective data security for small businesses. The training is aimed at small business owners who have basic familiarity with their company's information technology. A Q&A session will follow. Topics include: Password policies Access controls Network segmentation Securing physical media  Register now The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently announced the official launch of myRA, a new retirement savings account for the millions of workers in America who don't have access to a retirement savings plan through work or have not found an easy way to start saving. Employees can: Start funding their myRA account directly from their paycheck Fund their myRA directly from their checking or savings accounts Direct all or part of their federal tax refund to their myRA account, at tax time Learn more about this new way you can help your employees save at myRA.gov The Affordable Care Act 101 Webinar Series  Find out how to navigate the opportunities in health care through the Affordable Care Act 101 webinar series. Registration is free, but required.    Thursday, December 3 at 2 PM ET: Click to Register  Thursday, December 10 at 2 PM ET: Click to Register  The Affordable Care Act 101 in Spanish.  Tuesday, December 15 at 4 pm ET: Click to Register For more information on what the health care law means for small businesses, check out www.sba.gov/healthcare.  Self-employed? 2016 Open Enrollment is Underway HealthCare.gov is working for millions of Americans and it's ready to help even more get covered.  Open Enrollment for 2016 coverage starts on November 1 through January 31 If you want to start the New Year with coverage, you must sign up by December 15 For people who enroll after December 15, coverage will begin on February Financial assistance is available Visit HealthCare.gov or CuidadoDeSalud.gov to learn more  Call 24hrs/day 1-800-318-2596 TTY users should call 1-855-889-4325 Assistance is available in 150 languages For free in-person help in your community, visit: Localhelp.healthcare.gov Small Business Exporters: Register Now for the 2016 Hannover Messe Trade Show in Germany   Hannover Messe 2016 is the premier international trade shows for industrial technology, and for the first time the U.S. is a partner country.  5,000+ exhibitors from 100 countries  200,000+ attendees Includes a worldwide audience of buyers, distributors, resellers, and investors  Certified by the U.S. Department of Commerce The SBA is providing export finance counseling to U.S. small business exporters, to engage commercial lenders and financial institutions, as well as to educate private-sector partners on U.S. government export financing and insurance programs.   Register now   What You Need to Know About Exporting to Cuba  December 8 at 2:00 pm ET      The Bureau of Industry (BIS) under the U.S. Department of Commerce has scheduled monthly call-in programs to field questions from the exporting community concerning the Cuba rule published on January 16, 2015.       Toll Free Number: 1-888-889-0538  Participant passcode: CUBA  Read more

 

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