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David Chiu Elected San Francisco Board Of Supervisors President
Image by Thomas Hawk via Flickr First-term Supervisor David Chiu has been elected president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Chiu replaces Aaron Peskin both as president of the board and as supervisor for District 3, which is composed largely of the North Beach and Chinatown neighborhoods. Peskin had termed out and has since been elected chair of the San Francisco Democratic County Central Committee. Chui is the first Chinese-American to lead the board and a close ally of former board President Aaron Peskin. Chiu is an attorney who used to work in the district attorney’s office. The new board is comprised of three Chinese Americans,...
Read MoreSmall Business California needs your help
Image via Wikipedia Each year Small Business California does an annual survey of small businesses around the state to determine its agenda. Last year it survey received over 600 responses and had at least one business respond from every county in the state. They would like to ask you to take a look at last years survey and forward to them any questions you think they should add as well as questions you think they should delete. You can access all of their surveys over the years by going to their website www.smallbusinesscalifornia.org. Related articles by Zemanta Despite an Improving Economy, Citibank Survey Finds that Recession Lingers for Majority of California...
Read MoreContracting Newsletter
View Larger Map The Business Outreach Committee has introduced a Contracting Newsletter to assist DBE and SBE firms in doing business with Bay Area Transportation Agencies. It will provide one document that offers links to agency procurement information, information on upcoming DBE and SBE events, and agency contact information for AC Transit; BART; Central Contra Costa Transit Authority; Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District; Metropolitan Transportation Commission; San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency; SamTans; and VTA. Newsletter Related articles by Zemanta BART plans to hold line on fares (sfgate.com) San Francisco Board of Supervisors and...
Read MoreTake a deep breath
Image via Wikipedia The news and the business blogs have been telling us how bad it is out there. Nothing like a 24-hour news cycle to pound reality home. Yes, thank you. I get it. Times are tough. So, now what? Return to the basics. Last week, Sequoia Capital gathered all the CEOs of their portfolio companies together and presented its new Get Real or Go Home approach to running businesses. If you can get through all the graphs, the message is tucked away on slide 53. My guess is slides 1-52 are for those that had somehow slept through the last few weeks. Slide 53 talks about returning to the core, cutting the fat, and focusing on the bottom line. First and...
Read MoreIt’s not pretty out there –
Image via Wikipedia Part of my business is speaking engagements – often booked months in advance. Not usually a big deal. But tonight, I get to talk about raising capital. Uh – hello? SBA loans to small businesses have plummeted compared with the same period last year. Volume in the agency’s principal loan program has fallen 30%, with 28,000 fewer loans approved this year (USA Today,9/28/08) The financial crisis has touched off worries among entrepreneurs about the status of their business loans and credit lines (BusinessWeek.com, 9/26/08) It’s time to return to the basics. In talking with a client the other day, she...
Read MoreAre you being served?
Image via Wikipedia The Wall Street Journal – Making the Most Of Customer Complaints - discussed how customers are judging companies by how well they handle customer complaints. It made me think of all the companies I’ve interacted with recently – Yahoo customer service – friendly, knowledgeable. 1and1.com referred me to a call center in the Philippines where the agent read a script. Vendor from Florida told me a flying rat story – strange, but extremely personable and I was talking to the owner. These experiences would—to some extent—affect whether I continue doing business with these companies. What would your customers say about...
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