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SOUND OFF! CANDIDATES 2008. Share your opinion on which candidate has the interests of small business at heart.

Few things are as critical to the success of small business as enjoying a thriving small business economy. Give a bit of thought to who you are supporting, and why.

SOUND OFF! Which candidate is better for small business? It may be one of the major candidates, or it may be a dark horse. Click here to Sound Off on Election 2008.

We are inviting the candidates themselves to post here as well. So do keep an eye on it, and see how each one stacks up in terms of providing the robust economic environment that we need for small business growth.

Keiretsu Forum, the world's largest angel investment community, will hold its second Northern California Angel Capital Expo on Friday, November 16 from 7:30am to 3:30pm at the Microsoft Campus in Mountain View, CA.

Investments by angel investors were down 6 percent in the first half of 2007 compared with the same period a year earlier, according to the University of New Hampshire's Center for Venture Research.

In the movie Little Fish, a video-store manager played by Cate Blanchett applies for a bank loan to buy the business and expand into online gaming. When her application is rejected, Blanchett hurls a framed photo of the loan officer's child across the room in fury. Anyone who's suffered a similar setback knows the feeling. Here are the 6 Biggest Mistakes in Raising Capital, from Entrepreneur Magazine.

Keiretsu Forum, an angel investor network, is creating new chapters next month in Marin County as well as London and Barcelona

Several hundred veteran-owned small businesses are expected to attend and participate in on-site Veterans Small Business Matchmaking Conferences this fall in San Antonio, Texas and Sacramento, California. A full copy of the event information can be found on the SBA Veterans's website. Click on "Sam's Club Matchmaking Events".

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Links to 101 Free Business Plans

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Don't let that date deceive you. This is still one of the most modern, most amazing pieces on business plans that we've ever read. Guy Kawasaki is a premier venture capitalist, based in Silicon Valley. His blog is one of the most famous in the world -- and justifiably so.

Guy Kawasaki's Blog

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Learning Systems, Inc. probably has one of the better business plans that I've seen lately. But, read a bit. How much money are they looking for? What kind of investor/lender do they need? If they cleaned up their own thinking, it would be much more powerful.

See Learning Systems, Inc.

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"If there's one thing I know about destiny it is that you can't count on it forever."

Kinky Friedman, writer

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