'Small Business Obituaries' Increase By 20% - Free Online
Knowledgebase AskJim.biz Debuts
to Help End the Entrepreneurial Carnage
WASHINGTON (Business Wire EON) April 30, 2007 --
The ancient Chinese curse warns, “May you live
in interesting times.” It would seem that
America’s entrepreneurs are experiencing this
curse: In the face of recent research by the U.S.
Small Business Administration, showing that small business failures
are up by 20%, still hundreds of thousands of new small businesses are
being formed annually, and one in 12 Americans are actively planning a
start-up. What is the explanation for this apparent paradox and who has
it?
Jim Blasingame, one of the
world’s leading small business experts, knows
why all of this is happening and what to do about it. “Millions
of business queries are made to search engines annually, yet recent
research indicates that 60% are unsuccessful,”
Blasingame says. “Obviously, entrepreneurial
hope springs eternal, but hope alone won’t
end the increase in business obituaries; it will take better
information, better delivered.”
Today, on the first day of National
Small Business Week, Blasingame launches AskJim.biz,
a unique online knowledgebase for small business. AskJim.biz,
a free Web site, will deliver thousands of answers to the kinds of
questions asked by start-ups and growing small businesses alike. Answers
are delivered in real-time by Blasingame and his “Brain
Trust,” which is a community of hundreds
of leading business experts. AskJim.biz
delivers entrepreneurial pain relief and can help turn troubled
businesses into thriving enterprises.
“When you combine the small business
failure/start-up statistics with the intense demand for answers, it’s
easy to see just why a comprehensive small business knowledgebase is
important,” notes Blasingame. “AskJim.biz
delivers fast answers to small business questions that entrepreneurs of
all levels can trust as they face the 21st century challenges of
starting, running and growing a business in this global economy.”
Blasingame is the founder and award-winning host of the weekday
syndicated program, The Small Business Advocate Show. He conducts more
than 1,000 live interviews each year with his 500+ member “Brain
Trust.” AskJim.biz
aggregates the knowledge of these business experts, plus his own
perspectives from a 40-year business career, into a simple, uncluttered,
free site that “just works.”
Andrew Sherman, renowned business growth expert and author of Grow
Fast, Grow Right, comments, “Jim really
is the preeminent authority when it comes to small-business success in
the 21st century. There is no doubt that AskJim.biz
will serve information-hungry entrepreneurs by providing answers they
need and can trust, on-demand.”
Jeff Zbar, small business journalist and “micropreneur”
expert, notes, “AskJim.biz
is just what existing and future small business owners need but didn’t
have – until now: thousands of quality
answers to important business start-up and growth questions, all in one
place, with no barrier to entry.”
Google ranks Blasingame as the #1
small business expert in the world and Fortune
Small Business named him one of the 30 most influential people
in America representing small business. The SBA recognized Blasingame as
the 2002 Small Business Journalist of the Year, and he is a member of
the SBA’s National Advisory Board.
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