Today, I received the proof of My Life with Laura: A Love Story in the mail, and it looked great! I am very happy, and it feels good to see all of my efforts over the past year in book form. I also received a Library of Congress control number, which I have added to [...]
Archive for November, 2008
21 Nov
My Life with Laura: A Love Story
My Life with Laura: A Love Story, a memoir, is now available from Lulu. I have spent much of the past year writing this book, and I hope that it serves as a testament to my late wife Laura’s life and her tremendous strength in battling breast cancer. As most of you know, she passed away [...]
20 Nov
Promoting Entrepreneurship in the States
Today, the Office of Advocacy is releasing its annual Small Business Profiles for the States and Territories. This newly-revampled publication provides a wide variety of small business statistics for each state and U.S. territory. For instance, it shows the number of businesses by firm size, demographic groups, and industries; in addition, firm-level dynamics are also presented.
Knowing [...]
18 Nov
Forum on Small Business Capital Formation
The issue of capital formation for small businesses is one that is becoming more prevalent in today’s economic environment. On Thursday, the Securities & Exchange Commission will host its annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation in Washington, DC. I will serve as a co-moderator on the first panel with Karen Kerrigan of the Small [...]
18 Nov
National Economists Club Annual Dinner
Last night, I attended the National Economists Club annual dinner at the City Club of Washington, DC. Being a single father, this was a rare public appearance at a social event. All in all, it was a successful dinner, with over 100 attendees. As some of you might know, I am slated to become the president of NEC in 2009, [...]
12 Nov
In Memorium, One Year Later … We Miss You
Laura O’Neil (Maxey) Moutray
May 8, 1971 – November 13, 2007
11 Nov
Immigrant Business Owners Make Huge Contributions to our Economy
A new Office of Advocacy study by Robert Fairlie, a professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz, shows that immigrant business owners make huge contributions to our economy. Specifically, it finds that “immigrants are nearly 30 percent more likely to start a business than nonimmigrants, and they represent 16.7 percent of all new business owners.” In [...]
7 Nov
Exports are an Opportunity for Small Businesses
Today, the SBA Office of Advocacy releases an update to the Quarterly Indicators: The Economy and Small Business for the third quarter of 2008, which I write. One of the few bright spots in the economy right now are exports, which were up an annualized 5.9 percent in the third quarter. Imports, meanwhile fell 1.9 [...]
6 Nov
New Sally Brewer Pictures!
Over the weekend, our friend Sally Brewer took our picture in Old Town Alexandria on a chilly, fall Saturday morning. All of the pictures are terrific, and Charlotte is so photogenic. Sally has posted these pictures on her blog, for those of you who are interested. Also, to see more of them, you can check [...]
