Developed for small business owners as a place to share and exchange ideas with one another, the forum has helped countless small business owners excel.

FORBES: 5 Ways Social Media Takes Customer Relationships To The Next Level

Importance of SBIR as a Vehicle for Early Stage Capital: Several entrepreneurs at the forum spoke of the advantages of the Small Business Investment Research program as a source of capital at the stage of business maturation when it is difficult to gain access to capital.

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In addition, a good resource for small businesses that seek to serve this population segment is a post from Rieva Lesonsky at OPEN Forum entitled: Marketing In The Obesity Age.

FORBES: Childhood Obesity Help From Innovative Companies

We held a jobs forum at the White House that brought together small business owners, CEOs, union members, economists, folks from non-profits, and state and local officials to talk about job creation.

WHITEHOUSE: Job Creation and Economic Growth

Social media opens up new pathways of communication between a business and its customer base and provides a forum for co-operation and co-creation - one that can produce both small, iterative improvements and large breakthrough innovations.

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