Is Your State Business-Friendly?<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, I had a free minute over the weekend and I started catching up on the backlog of Inc. magazines<\/a> I have lying around. Funny thing, while I never really paid attention to it when I looked through each month’s issue independently, I noticed a trend when speed-reading through 5 or 6 issues at a time.<\/p>\n

States are hard up for your business!<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is at least a 5-page spread in each issue from some state soliciting you to move your [fill in the blank] company to their area. Offers of tax incentives and tax abatements along with a great work force and a fantastic place to raise the kiddies made up most of the ad copy from these cries for help.<\/p>\n

So it got me thinking….<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is your state willing to do for you to KEEP your business? Now, I realize you probably aren’t going to pick up the kids, load up the family truckster and move to New Jersey, but it would definitely be worth a few hours of your time to find out exactly what your state is offering businesses in the way of incentives or some other type of help during this down economy.<\/p>\n

If you are not sure where to start, you might as well see what some of the better places are offering companies so you have something to compare your to.<\/p>\n

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