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Here's how you can get involved in the Small Business Administration's week-long celebration of the Main Street entrepreneur.

Banks analyze these five factors to determine whether to approve your small business loan application.

Your business plan is not an academic exercise or a hoop to jump through, it's a living document that shows investors, advisors and business partners that you are serious about making your dream reality.

Despite the recent rise in the number of small business loans, small business lending still has not returned to their highs.

Credit unions, long an alternative to banks for individual customers, are keenly interested in small business lending.

Maria Contreras-Sweet, the founder of ProAmerica Bank, is the White House's pick as head of the government's Small Business Administration.

Here we go over several reasons why larger banks are starting to warm up to small-business lending again.

Nabbing money from outside investors isn't the only way your startup can scale. Here are three other ways to fund your company.

Today, the president traveled to M. Luis Construction in Rockville, Md., to deliver his latest in a series of strongly-worded attacks against House Republicans regarding the government shutdown.

As Republicans and Democrats draw battle lines in the sand, small businesses seeking capital may be left in the cold.

Perhaps there was a time when the Small Business Administration served a purpose for businesses, but that time has passed, writes Ray Hennessey.

Jeanne Hulit, the Small Business Administration's associate administrator in the Office of Capital Access, will take over as interim head of the agency when Karen Mills departs at end of the month.

The U.S. Small Business Administration, widely considered near useless to high-tech startups, has made two efforts in as many weeks to woo this innovative group of entrepreneurs.

Karen Mills announced last week that she will be leaving her post at the helm of the SBA. Here's a look at potential candidates to replace her.

The government's small-business agency announces a pledge to support approximately 2,000 additional businesses.

The Small Business Administration's budget has to be chopped by 5 percent across the board as a result of forced budget cuts.

The third annual Small Business Lending and Investment Summit convenes in Washington this week and will focus on the importance of SBA-backed lending.

Here is how the small-business agency is going to be affected by the $85 billion in government-spending cuts that will go into effect starting Friday.

If Congress can't come to a deal over how to reduce the budget, numerous small businesses could be affected.

A look at the pros and cons of securing capital from crowdfunding, angel investors, venture capitalists, the SBA and community banks.

Targeted minority-lending programs have had only limited success in encouraging new-business creation among minorities. Could crowd-funding help close the startup gap?