Another Roadblock to Capital for Entrepreneurs

Access to capital is the lifeblood of a small business if it wants to grow and hire. Yet, increasingly the U.S. government puts roadblocks in front of entrepreneurs who, with a little financial help today, could be tomorrow’s Apple. For example, let’s take Dodd-Frank, which is forcing our community banks out of business. For more than a hundred years, community banks have been the economic drivers for small business, communities and the nation. But they have... Read More

When a President Mocks Small Business

As an entrepreneur who has worked my entire life to create new businesses, hire more than 200 employees and risk everything I own on my companies, I join the chorus of Americans who are outraged by President Barack Obama’s recent outburst, “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” This is clearly the most definitive proof that Obama does not understand small business, does not like small business and lacks the rudimentary... Read More

Small Business Gets Punished by Supreme Court Ruling

The ruling by the Supreme Court that found Obamacare constitutional sent a message to small business that free enterprise no longer exists and the government is now in charge of their future. For the nation’s job creators, this ruling is devastating news for business and worse news for the 25 million Americans unemployed or under-employed. The ruling by the Supreme Court said the law’s “requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health... Read More

Senatorial Candidate Marco Rubio Focuses on US Defense & National Deficit

This week on ‘Truth for America’ Neal Asbury opened the show by asking whether President Obama and his staff have a severe case of Attention Deficit Disorder. He compared them to cats that go after shiny objects. “Every time the administration tries to tackle job creation – the biggest challenge facing the nation – something else comes along that distracts them. Yes, the oil spill is a disaster, and they need all of the resources available, but the economy... Read More

Conscientious Equity

On March 15, 2010, Peter Miller, President of PMA Literary & Film Management, Inc., announced the sale of the world English rights to Conscientious Equity: An American Entrepreneur’s Solutions to the World’s Greatest Problems by Neal Asbury to Palgrave Macmillan. Miller negotiated the sale with Laurie Harting, Executive Editor. The book will be published in hardcover in October 2010. In Conscientious Equity, Asbury argues that moving away from intransigent political ideologies... Read More

Neal Asbury to Join President Barack Obama & Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner as a Guest Speaker at the 2010 Ex-Im Bank Annual Conference.

Neal Asbury has been invited to speak at the 2010 Ex-Im Bank Annual Conference, which will feature a wide variety of prominent public figures including the President of the United States, Barack Obama. The theme of this year’s conference, which is being held March 11th and 12th, is “EXPORTS LIVE! Powering Jobs, Sales and Profits Through Exports.” In addition to guest speaker President Obama and Neal Asbury, the conference will feature Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner,... Read More

Invisible Jobs and Shadow Unemployment

Following the Obama Administration’s proclamation that jobs are being created is like being a Ghost Buster – we are chasing invisible jobs! If there are 640,000 new jobs created under the stimulus package, as the Obama Administration contends, then they must be in the witness protection program. The latest labor figures from The Wall Street Journal suggest that if we factor in December’s loss of 85,000 jobs, then between December 2007 (when the recession began) and December... Read More

Tough Enough

Are you tough enough? As an American Entrepreneur and small business owner I have asked this question of myself countless times over the past twenty-five years. I still do. I equate this toughness with the concept of “conscientious equity”. “Conscientious” because it is right. “Equity” because we all have ownership in doing the right thing. Yet, through some selfless mentoring by people who practiced conscientious equity by tapping into their mental toughness the hard... Read More