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The Rise of the Citizen Entrepreneur
Scott Ballum | February 12, 2010

It was quite remarkable to get a personal shout-out from the President of the United States last week. Amidst the ovations--some bi-partisan and some quite partisan--I heard a President say that it was small businesses that were going to get this country back on its feet again. He talked dramatically about a national belt-cinching, and described pulling this country forward in a manner that sounded an awful lot like boot-strapping.

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Nationwide Survey Shows Power of "Buy Local" Campaigns
Scott Ballum | February 3, 2010

A Special Announcement from the American Independent Buisiness Alliance: Locally-owned independent businesses outperform average retailer sales during 2009 holidays. Those with active Buy Local campaigns fared best.

More holiday shoppers deliberately sought out locally owned businesses this year, according to a national survey of more than 1,800 independent businesses.

(Read the full announcement here)

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Village Capital
| December 29, 2009

Inspired by the village bank model used in microfinance throughout the world, Village Capital is an innovative investment model built on the hypothesis that entrepreneurs, working intimately together and providing peer support to one another, will be able to efficiently and wisely allocate investment to one another’s companies.

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Serve.gov
| November 17, 2009

Serve.gov is your online resource for not only finding volunteer opportunities in your community, but also creating your own. Use Serve.gov to help you do your part. America’s foundation will be built one community at a time – and it starts with you.

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Freelancers Union
| October 21, 2009

Freelancers Union is a nonprofit organization that represents the needs of America’s independent workforce though advocacy, information, and service.

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Kids Learn Target Marketing from the FTC
Scott Ballum | February 25, 2009

Competition? Mergers? Supply and demand? Find our what’s cooking at the Food Court. These are the kind of directions you’ll find as you make your way through the Saturday Morning Cartoons style website You Are Here, created by the Federal Trade Commission to teach kids how marketing and advertising are influencing the way they shop.