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Small Business Is the Great Engine of Job-Creation: Fact or Myth?
Small business is wonderful, but the era of the mom-and-pop corner store is long past. Try as we might, not everyone can be an entrepreneur. Is small business the engine of job growth? I think that’s an urban myth. Small businesses are, by definition, SMALL. They employ very few people, and grow very slowly, as a […]
Eastern Shore Candidates Seek Favor With Small Business and Farmers, Ignore Everyone Else
October 14, 2010
Everyone in Worcester, Wicomico, and Somerset Counties is a small business owner or a farmer. That’s the impression you would get, listening to the Maryland General Assembly District 38 candidates during a debate at Wor-Wic Community College on Wednesday night. Welcome to the Lower Eastern Shore, home to small business people and chicken farmers. All […]
Martin O'Malley On The State Of The State
February 2, 2010
Gov. Martin O’Malley delivered his annual State of the State address to the Maryland General Assembly, and you could sum it up in three words: “jobs, jobs, jobs.” “As we work to emerge from this global economic recession,” O’Malley said today, “the state of our state is stronger than most.” Unemployment is about 11 percent […]
Ocean City Puts The TAX In Taxicab
January 31, 2010
In the middle of the worst economic downturn since the Depression, the Ocean City Town Council plans a new franchise fee for the local taxicab industry. Taxicab operators will be required to buy “medallions” from the town this spring at $1,500 each, and then pay a $500 fee each year to retain the medallion. One […]
Business Opportunities in Ocean City, MD, 2010
January 24, 2010
Is there anyone in Maryland who hasn’t fantasized about quitting the rat-race in the city and opening a small business in Ocean City? Boutique, bar, bread and breakfast, restaurant, ice cream shop? A variety of locations are available. Where would you like to do business? West Ocean City? Baltimore Avenue? Someplace along the Coastal Highway? […]
Martin O’Malley On Jobs And Small Business
December 8, 2009
This post is going to be about Gov. Martin O’Malley’s program to get credit moving for small businesses in Maryland, as told to CNBC’s brainy news chick, Erin Burnett. Ms. Burnett happens to be a native of Maryland’s Eastern Shore. In fact, I believe she has single-handedly put Mardela Springs on the map. But first, […]
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