president obama: Dear Entrepreneur…YOU Built That… - 07/20/12 04:44 AM
I have a handful of things I talk about in this week’s video blog — our record-breaking first six months of the year, the results of the Social Madness competition, and my recent nomination as a Top 100 Small Business Influencer — but I’m going to spend the bulk of my time on what President Obama said (exactly one week ago today) about business owners.
At the risk of saying things you’ve already heard, said or thought yourself, I simply MUST share my take on our President saying that if you own a business, “you didn’t build that.” And I’ll … (2 comments)

president obama: My kids could teach our government a thing or two… - 09/16/11 03:57 AM
By now, you surely know I’m a HUGE advocate for America’s small businesses — the very people we finance daily all over this county. When it comes to politics, I don’t consider myself especially partisan; I just want results. I’m not an ideologue, so I vote for the political candidates who promise to do the most to promote what this country was founded on: individual liberty and a limited federal role for government. In particular, I believe innovation and entrepreneurship will do more to cure the world of what ails it than anything planned or orchestrated by government officials.
With that … (0 comments)