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		<title>Business Portland, a new web site for Portland businesses</title>
		<link>http://www.mzclaw.com/blog/2010/02/business-portland-a-new-web-site-for-portland-businesses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Harris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The City of Portland has just launched (mere hours ago) a new web site, Business Portland, aimed at &#8220;bring[ing] together resources to help Portland businesses grow and prosper.&#8221;  According to the Portland Business Journal 
The site will offer information related to business assistance, such as financing, incentives for business development, mentoring and business counseling services. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Securities Laws Basics</title>
		<link>http://www.mzclaw.com/blog/2009/10/federal-securities-laws-basics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mzclaw.com/blog/2009/10/federal-securities-laws-basics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Harris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So let’s say you’ve just started a small company and want to offer shares, whether to yourself, investors, employees, or others. What sort of requirements will you have to comply with? There are many, whether on the federal level (through the SEC and IRS) or on the state level. SEC registration requirements can present some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simplifying the Home Office Deduction</title>
		<link>http://www.mzclaw.com/blog/2009/09/simplifying-the-home-office-deduction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mzclaw.com/blog/2009/09/simplifying-the-home-office-deduction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Harris</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of a number of bills that would potentially benefit small businesses is now floating around Congress in the form of HR 1509, which, if enacted, would allow self-employed home-based business owners to take a standard deduction of $1,500 instead of itemizing home office expenses on their federal income taxes.  Or owners may  continue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>83(b) Elections: A Primer</title>
		<link>http://www.mzclaw.com/blog/2009/09/83b-elections-a-primer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mzclaw.com/blog/2009/09/83b-elections-a-primer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Harris</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Tax]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[83(b) election]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[close corporations]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[startups]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 83(b) election is one of those small tasks that startups (especially closely held companies) need to think about, but which is often also easily forgotten or ignored.  The failure to take advantage of the election can be costly: a large tax bill for a shareholder years down the line could be the result.
So what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SBA Now Using YouTube</title>
		<link>http://www.mzclaw.com/blog/2009/08/sba-youtube/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Harris</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[sba]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[small business administration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the Buffalo Business First Journal comes this recent news about the Small Business Administration using YouTube to post informational videos helpful to small businesses and entrepreneurs.  The SBA&#8217;s own channel, which can be found here, just debuted with a brief introduction and its first 10 part series, entitled &#8220;Delivering Success.&#8221;  According to the Buffalo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Source for Business Loans: Kiva.org</title>
		<link>http://www.mzclaw.com/blog/2009/06/small-biz-loans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Harris</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[micro-lending]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
For small business owners out there looking for a business loan, the web site kiva.org brings good news. Taken from a story I originally heard last week on Marketplace—by they way, it&#8217;s a great show, if you don&#8217;t already listen to it—Kiva announced that it’s created a micro-loan program in the U.S.

By way of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interest Free Money From the SBA</title>
		<link>http://www.mzclaw.com/blog/2009/05/interest-free-money-from-the-sba/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 17:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Harris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Not for the startups out there, but for the established, viable small businesses, comes news from the Small Business Administration of a new loan program&#8211;the &#8220;America&#8217;s Capital Recovery Loan Program&#8221;&#8211;essentially a program guaranteeing, through third party lenders, up to $35,000 of interest free money for a year for small businesses struggling to pay their debts. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business.gov: Big Government Helps Small Business</title>
		<link>http://www.mzclaw.com/blog/2009/04/businessgov-big-government-helps-small-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mzclaw.com/blog/2009/04/businessgov-big-government-helps-small-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Harris</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mzclaw.com/blog/?p=483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the reasons I write this blog is to help small businesses, as well as myself, stay up to date about helpful free resources on-line.  Like any group of sites, there are the good ones and then there are the ones that are hardly worth more than a few clicks followed by a quick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Copyright Office Raises Fees</title>
		<link>http://www.mzclaw.com/blog/2009/04/us-copyright-office-raises-fees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mzclaw.com/blog/2009/04/us-copyright-office-raises-fees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Harris</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Copyrights]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Intellectual Property]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[copyright office]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fees]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[registration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mzclaw.com/blog/?p=478</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The US Copyright Office just published notice of its intent to raise registration fees, beginning August 1, 2009, pending approval by Congress.  It&#8217;s not exactly earth-shattering news, but something to be aware of for businesses that intend to register copyrights in the near future.  
The Copyright Office published this rather brief report setting forth and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update: Guide to Recovery &amp; Reinvestment Act</title>
		<link>http://www.mzclaw.com/blog/2009/03/guide-to-recovery-reinvestment-act/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mzclaw.com/blog/2009/03/guide-to-recovery-reinvestment-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Harris</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Recovery and Reinvestment Act]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tax incentives]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[About a month and a half ago, immediately after President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, I posted this blog entry, entitled &#8220;How the Stimulus Plan Benefits Small Business.&#8221;  Most of the information in that post came from a NY Times article setting forth the various benefits to small businesses.
We now [...]]]></description>
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