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DEV U.S. Small Business Adminimyrico SBA Sheet Champioring America's Entrapremeurs To: Holly Cook Did you know the SBA Organization: SHWhite House Has a portfolio guaranteeing over $29 billio loans to 200,000 small businesses that other Telephone: 456-2896 ax: 456-2889 would not have had such access to capital? Guaranteed over 52,700 loans totaling $10 bil Date: 7/30/98 Time: 2:30 to America's small businesses in fiscal : 1996? Number of Pages (including this page): Last year extended management and techn assistance to nearly 850,000 small busine through its 950 Small Business Developm From: Rhonda whiting Centers and 13,000 Service Corps of Ret Executives volunteers? Office: Entrepreneurial Development Provided more than 38,000 loans tota $987 million to disaster victims for resider Telephone: 205-6706 Fax: (202)205-6903 personal property, as well as business losse fiscal year 1996? Message: Has 7,000 private sector lenders as part providing their capital to small business? Has increased its venture capital program more private capital in the past two years the Backgound infor- the previous 15 years combined? Provides loan guarantees and technical assist: mation on Dominic to small business exporters through U.S. Ex Assistance Centers in 15 cities? Ortiz Can be contacted through the SBA Home i on the Internet (http://www.sba.gov)? Can respond to written small business quest through the U.S. Business Advisor on Internet (http://www.business.gov)? Did you know that America 22 million small businesses Employ more than 50 percent of the pri workforce, Generate more than half of the nation's E Note: Bc aware fax machines using thermal paper produce an unstable image domestic product, and which will deteriorate. Copy messages onto plain paper prior a filing as B record! Are the principal source of new jobs? CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: The information contained In this facsimile transmittal sheet and the document(s) that follow are for the exclusive USC of addressee and may contain Information protected by the Privacy Act 5 U.S.C. 552a, or otherwise confidential, privileged, or non-disclosable Information. If recipient of this facsimile is not the addressee or is not the person responsible for delivering this facsimile to the addresses, the recipient may violate the law reading, photocopying distributing or otherwise using this facsimile transmission or its contents in any way. If the recipient has received this facsim transmission in error, call the sending office immediately. SBA Form 959 (3/97) Previous editions obsolete Velund Program Primal - Recycled New