A Strategic Blueprint for Small Business Growth: Strengthening Business Opportunities in New Jersey

As the premier provider of comprehensive services to small business, the NJ Small Business Development Centers network wants to provide you with our input on behalf of the more than 22,000 small business owners we counsel and train annually and on behalf of the small business community in general.

Where shortfalls and weaknesses in State business policies may exist, opportunities present themselves to find new paths for successful outcomes. We hope that this report’s identification of barriers and obstacles to small business growth and the recommendations we offer will be used to initiate new opportunities for New Jersey’s business retention and expansion efforts.

Key recommendations

Executive summary

Full report

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Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. Additional funding is provided through the New Jersey Commerce, Economic Growth and Tourism Commission and Rutgers Business School: Graduate Programs-Newark and New Brunswick. All opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA.