SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans Available for Tampa Bay Businesses Impacted by BP Oil Spill

On 5/13/2010, the SBA declared the Tampa Bay area businesses eligible for SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans if the business has been negatively impacted by the deepwater BP oil spill. The following counties in the Tampa Bay area are eligible: DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Sarasota.

Go Daddy – A Highlands County Success Story

“Let the Buyer Beware!”

“Caveat emptor” is a concept from business law which means “let the buyer beware.” Entrepreneurs Mark and Esther Williard have become very familiar with this concept. In early 2008, Mark found what he thought would be a great way to market his golf cart and truck accessories business. He received a solicitation in the mail from an internet marketing company with information on how he could cash-in on the lucrative ecommerce trend by selling items from his own internet website. He and Esther attended a free lunch seminar where they observed a sales presentation in which they became convinced the internet marketing company offered a sure-fire program of easy-to-use retail websites and technical support. Once he purchased the website program, Mark quickly realized the websites were not as easy to operate as he was led to believe. After much trial and error with the websites and no success, the Williards gave up on the program, resigned to the fact they had lost their investment.

The Threat from Within

If you are a business owner and you think shrinkage is what happened to your clothes after a trip to the cleaners, you really should read on. In business, shrinkage usually describes the financial losses caused by employees. For a business owner, there is nothing more disheartening than learning a trusted employee has stolen from the company.

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