Do These Four Changes Foretell a Better 2011 For Small Businesses? By Carol Tice | edited by Dan Bova | Dec 15, 2010 Add Entrepreneur Share Copied to clipboard Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. finding customers finding loans higher unemployment numbers 1. Small business hiring is up. turnaround in small-business hiring 2. Small-business bankruptcies are down. still to come 3. Marketing budgets are growing. study from Zoomerang 4. Sales of businesses are increasing. businesses are trading hands What do you think — are these changes harbingers of an economic turnaround at last? finding customers finding loans higher unemployment numbers 1. Small business hiring is up. turnaround in small-business hiring 2. Small-business bankruptcies are down. still to come 3. Marketing budgets are growing. study from Zoomerang 4. Sales of businesses are increasing. businesses are trading hands What do you think — are these changes harbingers of an economic turnaround at last?
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