Small business struggles revealed in firm size numbers

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Well, finally!!!
So, in 2007, there were 27.8 million U.S. businesses and, of them, 91.6% were microbusinesses with fewer than five employees.
That represents a 3.6% increase in the U.S. business population from March 2006 to March 2007 and that’s a pretty healthy jump. However, that healthy jump consists almost entirely of [...]

Podcast: Senate Panel Vets Advocacy Chief and SBA IG Nominees

There are few pleasures in my life to compare with having a conversation with a professional thinker. My interview with Dr. Nichols was definitely the high point of my week.
What is difficult to convey with the News Briefs is the passion with which Dr. Nichols spoke about the need to reform the health care system, [...]

Podcast: Landrieu’s First Hearing Shows Promise

Maybe I am a cock-eyed optimist.
It’s terrible to have to say this but I’m almost afraid to get my hopes up in thinking that maybe Senate Small Business Committee Chairwoman Mary Landrieu is different, less wedded to the idea that bigger is automatically better and that microbusinesses are worth nothing more than lip [...]

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