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Business First from MyBusiness Magazine
  • Business First: NFIB Healthcare Forums Spur Policy Debate
    06/03/2008
    When we announced our 10 Principles for Small Business Healthcare Reform (MyBusiness, February/March 2008), we pointed out that we had spent much time consulting with, and listening to, healthcare policy experts with many different points of view on what is the best solution to the healthcare problems facing small business owners.
  • Business First: Solutions Start Here
    04/02/2008
    In the last issue of MyBusiness, we announced our 10 Principles for Small Business Healthcare Reform, and I promised you in this space that you would be hearing more from us about how we will address your most important problem. In this issue, you can read a lot more on exactly that topic as we tell you about our national “Solutions Start Here” campaign, beginning on page 26.
  • The Roadmap to Health Care Reform
    02/11/2008
    This won't come as any surprise: For more than 20 years, you and other small-business owners have told us that access to affordable health care is your biggest concern and the problem is even greater today.
  • NFIB to Congress: Don't Forget America's Entrepreneurs
    11/30/2007
    New York Rep. Charles Rangel, the chairman of the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, recently said he's willing to consider reducing tax rates on America's corporations to help them remain competitive in a global economy.
  • California Dreaming
    09/26/2007
  • When NFIB Talks, Everyone Listens
    07/25/2007
    When I came on board at NFIB in February of last year, I was certainly aware of the respect the organization had from policymakers, both here in Washington, D.C., and around the state capitals. Experiencing that reality over the past 16 months has driven home what kind of clout that you, our members, have earned.
  • Business First: Developing the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs
    05/25/2007
    Looking back on American history, you realize that the early leaders of our country were at heart entrepreneurs. Risk-takers boarded ships to make a dangerous ocean crossing, looking for new opportunities in a new land. Later adventurers loaded wagons and headed west for the same reason.
  • Helping Our Members Is Our Business
    02/02/2007
    It's critical for any membership organization to regularly listen to its members to ensure that the organization is providing a return on investment for its members' dues. So last year we surveyed small-business owners like you throughout the country. We wanted to know what you need to successfully grow your business.
  • Business First: Rolling Up Our Sleeves
    11/21/2006
    Politicians and pundits are busily parsing the results of the just-concluded midterm elections, trying to divine the meaning of the flip in congressional leadership and predict the country's direction leading up to 2008.
  • Business First
    09/20/2006
    Election Day will be here soon--vote early and often!
  • Business First: Small Business Goes to Washington
    07/25/2006
    If you were one of the hundreds of NFIB activists who flocked to Washington, D.C., in mid-June for the 2006 NFIB National Small-Business Summit, congratulations, and thank you for the hard work you did on Capitol Hill. I urge the rest of you to plan to join us for the next Summit in 2008.
  • Business First: A Stronger NFIB, An Even Better America
    05/25/2006
    For a successful advocacy organization like NFIB, it's not just about the numbers. Politicians in Washington, D.C., and the state capitals aren't impressed by how many members you claim on your rolls. Groups like the NRA and the AARP aren't successful because they have millions of members. What elected officials want to know about any advocacy group is how many members contact them on issues, support their campaigns, vote on Election Day and otherwise participate in the political process.