The Top 9 from 411 SmallBusinessFacts.com

Issue #19&20 October/November 2009
TheNational Small Business Poll is currently in the field with a new survey designed to obtain the latest data on small business access to credit. The survey, titled “Small Business Credit in............

Issue #17&18 August/September 2009
One of the more interesting, if often less pleasant, aspects of working in Washington is a front-row seat watching government dream-up and subsequently blow-up well-intentioned ideas that could be............

Issue #15&16 June/July 2009
411 contains material about small business in addition to the Poll questions and Poll write-ups that form its heart. The most useful additional information for most people appears under the...................

Issue #13&14 April/May 2009
Presenting data in a usable fashion is a continuing issue for 411SmallBusinessFacts.com. One of the more difficult problems developing usable tables appears when a survey question can be...................

Issue #12 March 2009
The most recent published issue of the National Small Business Poll, Owners and Managers, examines small business management from a slightly different perspective.  Professional, i.e., full-time an.......

Issue #11 February 2009
Periodically, NFIB collects data on current public policy issues from a member sample and a population sample, and then compares the two to determine how representative NFIB member policy positions .....

Issue #10 January 2009
The economy remains the principal topic of interest for small business owners. Credit is one topic of concern. Small business credit demand is down due to lack of investment opportunities and .....

Issue #9 December 2008
Data for the Credit Access Poll have been collected, prepared and posted on 411. The news from this Poll issue is bleak, a particularly disturbing point being the too common incidence of mortgages .....

Issue #8 November 2008
If you are interested in the financial problems and credit issues small business owners now face, you are probably going to have to familiarize yourself with the so-called "mark-to-market" issue and the financial .....

Issue #7 October 2008
Given the convergence of a business cycle's end, declining real estate values, and the mess on Wall Street, the time is appropriate to gather more detail than currently available on the implications of recent .....

Issue #6 September 2008
The nation's financial system is the immediate center of attention and concern. The most recent data on developments as they impact smaller firms can be found in NFIB's Small Business Economic Trends .....

Issue #5 August 2008
The NFIB Research Foundation continues to post new data to the 411 Web site as they become available. We post an average of about 100 new questions and answers every quarter .....

Issue #4 July 2008
How useful is 411? The average visitor spends over five minutes on the site. New material has been added to 411 since the June issue. In addition, data are currently being collected .....

Issue #3 June 2008
Results of new Polls on Financial Issues, Job Vacancies, and Economic Slowdown will appear on 411 in the next few weeks followed by Hiring Immigrants, Credit Cards, and Tax Simplification. Later in the .....

Issue #2 May 2008
Welcome to the second 411 letter! The following nine questions, whose answers are available on 411, offer you a variety of facts on small business which may be of interest. In light of the current run-up in .....

Issue #1 April 2008
Below is the first issue of - The TOP 9 from 411. The purpose of The TOP 9 from 411 is to periodically jog your memory about the National Small Business Poll and its contents. Each issue of The Top 9 poses .....