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roanokesbdc

  1. Small Business Awards was a great success last night. Lynda Foster & Brian Duvall did great interviews www.synergysessions.org/interviews/
  2. Learn or improve your knowledge of QuickBooks. Class in September - visit www.RoanokeSmallBusiness.com for info.
  3. Small business tax class by the Virginia Department of Business Assistance in Roanoke on August 4th. Register at http://ow.ly/2eG8o
  4. Nominate a Veteran Business Owner for the Small Business Veteran of the Year Award. Visit www.smallbizvetaward.org for info.
  5. Do you know a business owner that is a veteran? Nomimate them for the Roanoke Small Business Veteran of the year. www.smallbizvetaward.org
  6. Small Businesses looking for money, now have a new option, Sam's Club. Check out the story at http://ow.ly/27DVy
  7. Just attended a news conference for the new program for downtown restaurants called, "Eat for Education" www.EatforEducationRoanoke.com.
  8. Deadline is this Friday for nomination for Small Business Awards at the Roanoke Chamber. Follow this link to nominate -http://ow.ly/22EAL
  9. Time is running out to nominate a business or veteran for the Roanoke Small Business Awards. Nomination is easy- visit http://ow.ly/1YUag
  10. As part of the new Healthcare reform bill, Tanning Salons will be hit with a 10% addtional tax. Visit http://ow.ly/1YU82 for more info.
  11. The quote of the day, " we’re too busy pushing the bicycle to hop on and start riding“ Read this short article http://ow.ly/1Xahh
  12. The quote of the day, " we’re too busy pushing the bicycle to hop on and start riding“ Read this short article http://ow.ly/1Xab5
  13. The SBA has created a special website to help your business prepare for disasters. Check it out at http://ow.ly/1SZEa
  14. If you have employees, or hiring employees or provide health insurance to employees read this http://ow.ly/1SrKh, this is FREE money.
  15. If you are hiring an new employees under the Hire Act, they will need to complete form W-11 issued by the IRS http://ht.ly/1PGLz
  16. @LoudounSBDC , Thanks for the comment, still tweaking how we will use all of this.
  17. If anyone needs QuickBooks Pro 2010, staples has a $100 rebate. Follow here http://ow.ly/1P9qZ
  18. HUBSPOT comes through again on a great article on social media. Top 36 social media blogs to read http://ow.ly/1NgZA
  19. I figured out how to change the background image on our twitter page. Take a look. Done in Photoshop with a lot of testing.
  20. @DaynaPatrick glad to be sure you tell everyone in the world to follow us RoanokeSBDC