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Asher Epstein
Managing director, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Maryland

Prescription: Pool services for discounts

"The SBA should aggregate service providers, such as lawyers or accountants, and get a discount price for small businesses. Volume pricing is usually a great way to make everyone happy - the service gets visibility and client saves money.

The same thing goes for health care. Benefits are costly for small business providers - if there's a way to aggregate pricing and create a system for small businesses, then owners could better attract and obtain high-quality employees."

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