SBA’s Growth Capital Program Sets New Records
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program provided a record $2.59 billion in fiscal year 2011 to small businesses, a 63 percent increase over last year’s…
Grocery Industry Veterans Set for November Opening of ‘Your Local Market’ in Downtown Bellevue
A group of grocery and specialty food veterans have joined forces to bring a new kind of grocery experience to the heart of Bellevue. With the November 11, 2011 opening…
Jobs Index Says: Washington State Employment Grew 1.1 Percent in September
Small businesses created 55,000 new jobs in September, and employees worked more hours and made more money. These are among the results of the latest update of the Intuit Inc.(Nasdaq:…
OfficeTeam Survey: One in Five Workers Knows Someone Who Lied on Resume
When a resume looks too good to be true, it just might be, according to recent research from OfficeTeam. Forty-three percent of managers polled believe job seekers include dishonest information…
Washington Conservation Corps hiring 245 young adults for projects around the state
The state Department of Ecology’s Washington Conservation Corps (WCC) is seeking 245 young adults, including military service veterans, between 18 and 25 to for on-the-ground projects in 16 counties across…
Astronics Voted One of Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work For
Astronics Corporation, which produces innovative, high-performance lighting, electrical power generation, control & distribution systems and automated test systems for the global aerospace and defense industries, announced today its Redmond, Washington…
Jobs for College Grads Growing at a Snail’s Pace
By Don C. Brunell, President, Association of Washington Business Just as thousands of college graduates are walking across the stage to receive their diplomas, the U.S. Department of Labor announced…
1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: 75th Session Spotlights The Midwest
This week’s One Million by One Million roundtable was our 75th session, and we worked today with three entrepreneurs from the Midwest region of the United States. Our co-host for…
1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Indian Company Plugs Gap In Google’s Enterprise Solution
By Sramana Mitra For this week’s One Million by One Million roundtable, we started off by announcing a new deal through which the 1M/1M-Persistent Systems partnership has decided to back…
INDEX SAYS: WASHINGTON EMPLOYMENT GREW 0.6 PERCENT IN JANUARY – It’s Not Enough
Intuit Payroll’s January Small Business Employment Index, a monthly report providing unique and almost real-time insight into employment trends of the nation’s small businesses with fewer than 20 employees, shows…