Jack Funke, owner of The Can Cleaners, inverts a can for cleaning on the back of his truck on Tuesday in south Lincoln.
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Often that need is one they encounter themselves, but Jack Funke discovered the need he eventually filled by accident on social media.
Funke, who is a student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, comes from a family that owns numerous small businesses, including Paper Tiger Shredding and a medical waste disposal company.
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5 critical stages every business owner must push through: Dave Ramsey | Fox Business
Financial expert Dave Ramsey gives advice to Jessica Walker, a salon owner in New Jersey struggling with the coronavirus' impact on her business.
A lot goes into running your own business . The seemingly endless hustle can leave business owners burned out, discouraged, and disconnected from the dream that got them started in the first place.
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It can be overwhelming. But you can build a successful business that lasts, makes a difference, and have a blast doing it.
California's vacation industry is open for business. Proceed with caution. | CalMatters
A week ago, Isabel Rasmussen and her husband drove over three hours from their home in South San Francisco to South Lake Tahoe. They stayed at the 7 Seas Inn nestled in the Sierra Nevada mountains for two nights.
"I was nervous about staying in a larger hotel," Rasmussen said. She and her husband picked the 16-bedroom inn rather than a large resort because they didn't want to come into contact with a lot of people who might spread the coronavirus.
Treasury Dept. Agrees to Release Data on Small-Business Relief - The New York Times
Treasury officials said on Friday that the decision, which has bipartisan support, would provide transparency while maintaining protection for small businesses. It does not appear that any additional legislation will be required, and the Treasury maintains that the law did not mandate the disclosure of additional data.
"I am pleased that we have been able to reach a bipartisan agreement on disclosure which will strike the appropriate balance of providing public transparency, while protecting the payroll and personal income information of small businesses, sole proprietors, and independent contractors," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.
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Chicken farm pivots to sell bone broth as pandemic slows business - mlive.com
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Father and son Rob Heath and Bob Heath pose with chickens from their pasture farm on property they plan to develop in Clinton, Mich. on Friday, June 19, 2020. The Heaths are preparing an online crowdfunding campaign for their business selling bone broth as a nutritional supplement. Jacob Hamilton/MLive.com
MILAN, MI -- Businesses have either shut down or found ways to adapt to the new normal due to the coronavirus pandemic.
His solution: bone broth, a "superfood" that can be incorporated in soup, roast, sauce, rice and more, Heath said.
Northern Colorado economic developers draft plan to reignite business recovery – Loveland
Efforts to align economic development over a two-county Northern Colorado area and collaborate regardless of community — a process that began years ago — has borne fruit in the age of COVID.
Led by the Northern Colorado Regional Economic Development Initiative, or REDI, 35 communities, economic-development entities, chambers of commerce, and others have joined to create the framework for a recovery plan for the region.
Called "Reignite our Economy," a document unveiled Wednesday lays the groundwork for business and economic recovery from the pandemic that has closed some businesses and devastated taxing entities, charitable institutions and membership organizations that depend on healthy businesses.
Administration drops secrecy posture on small business aid - The Salt Lake Tribune
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Washington • The Trump administration has abruptly dropped its insistence on secrecy for a $600 billion-plus coronavirus aid program for small businesses.
The unexpected move came after Democratic lawmakers, government watchdogs, ethics advocates and news organizations called for the administration to make the information public.
Mnuchin said in a statement Friday that the new position resulted from a bipartisan agreement with leaders of the Senate Small Business Committee.
Black-owned businesses face a system set up against them - Los Angeles Times
It takes a lot to turn an idea into a small business: A storefront or some office space. Equipment, inventory, personnel, not to mention marketing, permitting and insurance.
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Many of those businesses don't have the necessary documentation, such as payroll records in a specific format, to be approved. And that is an indicator of the larger inequities for Black business owners.
"When you walk into the traditional bank environment ... they're expecting that you already understand the lending process," Brown said. "Most small African American, or even any business of color, basically has to leverage everything they have in order to believe in themselves to be able to say, 'I am going into business.' They don't have the resources around them that would necessarily be afforded to another business of persuasion."
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Jack Funke found investors, got a custom truck made and started his business, which is something new to Lincoln. https://t.co/SMHONhKJ2s JournalStarNews (from Lincoln, NE) Sat Jun 20 17:06:05 +0000 2020
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