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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.

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This story appears in the May 2004 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »

Let's play a game for a moment. Pretend that tomorrow, allthe 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 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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