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The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance announced that a record number of businesses have moved to the Web for all aspects of filing state taxes .

Record $12 billion 1st Quarter Followed By Return to Pre-Recession Levels WASHINGTON – Spurred in part by unprecedented loan volume in the year’s first quarter, small business loans backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration in FY2011 reached the highest mark in the agency’s history, supporting over $30 billion, continuing the rebound begun in 2009 and returning to healthy pre-recession levels in the final three quarters of the year. “SBA-backed lending continued the upward trend we saw last year,” SBA Administrator Karen Mills said. “Due to the Small Business Jobs Act and a return to pre-recession lending levels, over 61,000 small businesses had access to capital. Small businesses are the backbone of the economy and SBA has been there to help them rebound through difficult times over the past few years. First through the Recovery Act and then through the Small Business Jobs Act and new SBA lending programs, SBA has provided small businesses with the tools they need so th

The Small Business Advocate – October 2011 ; Vol: 30 , No: 8 The October 2011 issue of The Small Business Advocate directs attention to one of the top issues facing small businesses: access to capital. Advocacy’s September symposium, The Small Business Capital Crunch: Debt and Equity, receives feature coverage, along with three new finance publications. The issue also contains updates to proposed regulations from the Departments of Labor and Treasury, and coverage of the Advocacy’s participation in the Congressional Black Caucus. In this Issue Advocacy Symposium Probes the Capital Crunch, 1 Symposium Coverage, 4–7 Chief Counsel Participates in Congressional Black Caucus, 8 Social Media Update, 12 Message from the Chief Counsel Access to Capital Dominates Advocacy’s September Agenda, 3 Research Notes Three New Advocacy Finance Publications, 2 Developments in Women-Owned Businesses, 1997–2007, 11 Regulatory News Advocacy Recommends OSHA Burden Reduction,

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything—all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice." Read more about Steve Jobs HERE .

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There is a popular programmers Q&A site, Stack Overflow . It is part of a larger network of Q&A sites on a range of topics, Stack Exchange . While it is tech-heavy, there are several decidedly non-technical ones – cooking, photography, bicycles among others. Notably, there is answers.onstartups.com , described as "Q&A for entrepreneurs looking to start or run a new business." ( Thanks, Al! )