It's a Small World After All
Don't let size fool you. As these entrepreneurs prove, small business is still a force to be reckoned with.
Let's play a game for a moment. Pretend that tomorrow, allthe small businesses in the United States have disappeared.
This isn't a fun game, because if that scenario somehowhappened, it would be the equivalent of the entire nation being hitby an economic nuclear bomb. Excluding government workers, roughlyhalf the nation's employment force, not to mention a ton ofentrepreneurs, would be unemployed. And good luck finding work inthe near future; annually, 60 to 80 percent of new jobs are createdby small businesses.
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