“In the marketplace, small businesses are the face and voice of humanity, which provides them with a great advantage in the Age of the Customer.” AgeFacesHumanityVoiceAdvantageCustomersSmall BusinessMarketplace Author:Jim Blasingame
“The most important thing for small businesses is getting the economy back on its feet. That - the key driver of small business activity is demand for their product, and that is what we are trying to do, getting the economy back on its feet. That's far more important than other factors.” TryingImportantEconomyFeetProductsKeysActivityDemandImportant ThingsFactorsDriversSmall Business Author:Peter R. Orszag
“The American people want us to stop spending. And so let's just give them some certainty. Let's extend the tax - the existing tax cuts. And then let's give some more tax breaks to small businesses and large. And then maybe the American people will have some confidence.” PeopleWantGivingBreakCuttingConfidenceTaxesSpendingCertaintySmall BusinessWant UTax CutsTax Breaks Author:John McCain
“More and more Americans are asking about the price that we have to pay when Wal-Mart comes into a community, treats workers poorly, violates immigration laws and squashes small businesses.” LawCommunityPayTreatsAskingWorkersImmigrationSmall BusinessSquashImmigration Laws Author:Anthony Weiner
“One way we gave small businesses more money to invest was by extending tax provisions on expensing. This allows businesses to immediately write off things like equipment, without being burdened by depreciation requirements.” WayWritingTaxesOne WayMore MoneyRequirementsEquipmentSmall BusinessProvisionExtendingDepreciateDepreciation Author:Dennis Hastert
“I think the big thing is to talk about getting people working again and addressing the issues that are keeping small business from being able to grow.” PeopleThinkingBigsAbleGrowsIssuesBig ThingsSmall Business Author:Randy Hultgren
“Small business in America is booming. The job creator in America, small business, is absolutely moving ahead.” JobsAmericaMovingCreatorSmall BusinessMoving AheadJob Creators Author:Pete Domenici
“The American economy has always been driven by the entrepreneurial nature of its citizens, and blocking access to affordable health care will only suffocate growth within the small business sector of our economy.” CareGrowthEconomyCitizensDrivenAccessBlockHealth CareSmall BusinessAffordableEntrepreneurialAmerican EconomyAffordable Health Care Author:Paul Gillmor
“When families save, they can get through emergencies like a bad harvest or a medical emergency. But it's more than that. They can also plan for the future, gradually saving up for a small business or for their children's school tuition.” ChildrenSchoolPlansMedicalSavingHarvestSmall BusinessEmergenciesTuitionSaving Up Author:Jeff Raikes
“We're telling small-business owners that not only are we going to raise their costs by a buck and a quarter, but we're also going to raise it with these cost-of-living adjustments. Here's what's going to happen: They're going to have to lay people off.” PeopleHappensPoliticalCostRaisesLaysOwnersQuartersSmall BusinessBucksAdjustmentMinimum WageBusiness OwnersSmall Business OwnersCost Of Living Author:Chris Christie
“Conventional wisdom suggests the primary motivator for entrepreneurs is money or wealth creation and, in fact, much of the political debate tends to center around what kind of tax or regulatory policy changes will turn corporate suits into small business adventurers overnight.” KindFactsPoliticalTurnsWealthPolicyCreationTaxesEntrepreneurDebateSuitsPrimariesCorporateConventionalSmall BusinessWealth CreationAdventurerConventional WisdomPolitical Debates Author:Chip Conley
“Stripe makes it easy for anyone, be it an individual or a small business or a large business, to accept credit card payments on the Internet. We want to give control to the user or the business to define what the experience looks like. We work on a website or a mobile app, or whatever between that.” WantGivingLooksIndividualEasyAcceptingInternetCreditCardsUsersSmall BusinessMobilePaymentWebsiteCredit CardAppsStripes Author:Patrick Collison
“Every small business will give you an entrepreneurial way of looking at things. I guarantee you that for every plant that closes, if you gave it to one small-business person in that community, he or she would find a way to make it work. The small-business attitude is you always find a way to make it work.” IfsWayGivingCommunityAttitudePlantGuaranteesSmall BusinessEntrepreneurial Author:Hamdi Ulukaya
“Liberals tend to be much more concerned about business and corporations as the oppressors. They look to government as the solution. On the Right it's the opposite. They see business as good, as what generates wealth in society, and they see government as the oppressor, which makes it hard for especially small businesspeople.” LooksHardGovernmentWealthSolutionsConcernedOppositesCorporationsSmall BusinessOppressors Author:Jonathan Haidt
“The majority of Americans receive health insurance coverage through their employers, but with rising health care costs, many small businesses can no longer afford to provide coverage for their employees.” CareCostMajorityHealth CareRisingEmployeeSmall BusinessEmployersCoverageHealth Care CostsHealth Insurance Coverage Author:Jim Ryun
“I'm in exactly the same position as everybody else who has a small business.” PositionSmall Business Author:Ken Livingstone
“Most Americans are more concerned about the economy and job creation. And they can't understand why the Obama administration or the Democrat majority in Congress wants to pass a bill like the cap-and-trade tax that will cost us jobs, that will hurt our economy, that will drive up costs for families, as well as for small businesses.” WantWellsJobsHurtEconomyCreationCostTaxesConcernedTradeBillsMajorityDemocratCongressAdministrationSmall BusinessCapsJob Creation Author:Haley Barbour
“We're no longer a small business; we're a large organization spread around the world. I can't imagine Netscape growing as fast as it has if it weren't for the way we use our products.” IfsWorldWayI CanUseGrowingImagineProductsOrganizationSpreadAround The WorldSmall Business Author:James L. Barksdale
“Lula da Silva was my hero when he was president. I Googled him so many times. The fact that he got 20 million people out of poverty... that happened by encouraging entrepreneurship, by supporting small business.” PeopleFactsPresidentPovertyMillionsHappenedHeroEntrepreneurshipSmall BusinessMy Hero Author:Joyce Banda
“The death tax is one of the leading causes of the dissolution of small businesses.” CausesTaxesSmall BusinessDissolutionLeading Causes Author:Christopher Bond
“Small businesses are the economic drivers of our country, providing the stimulus our communities need.” NeedsCountryCommunityEconomicOur CountryDriversProvidingSmall BusinessStimulusOur Community Author:Melissa Bean
“Under the AHP approach, the average small business might be able to offer their employees one or two insurance plans, and that employee of the small business would have no idea whether their doctor was going to be a apart of one of those plans.” TwoIdeasMightAblePlansOffersApproachDoctorsAverageNo IdeaEmployeeSmall Business Author:Jim Cooper
“We have to get away from the class warfare and recognize that we are growing jobs by helping small business.” HelpingJobsClassGrowingGet AwayWarfareSmall BusinessClass Warfare Author:Norm Coleman
“If we do nothing, as the Republicans suggest, we're going to see health care costs reach a point where small businesses can't afford it and families can't afford it. We're going to see people turned down from pre-existing conditions. We're going to find the Medicare doughnut hole - a gap in coverage that's going to hurt a lot of seniors.” PeopleIfsCareHurtConditionsRepublicanCostHolesHealth CareGapsSeniorSmall BusinessCoverageMedicareTurned DownDoughnutHealth Care Costs Author:Dick Durbin
“The sooner we rein in the red tape factory in Washington, D.C., the sooner small businesses can get back to creating jobs and helping more Americans find an honest day's work.” HelpingJobsHonestCreatingRedGet BackFactoriesTapeSmall BusinessReinsRed TapeCreating Jobs Author:Geoff Davis
“I have reviewed literally hundreds of dotcoms in my drive to bring Boomer Esiason Foundation onto the Internet, and have selected ClickThings as a partner because of the advanced technology it offers small business, and its understanding of the entrepreneurial spirit of the small business community.” SpiritUnderstandingCommunityTechnologyInternetOffersFoundationPartnersSmall BusinessEntrepreneurialSelectedBoomersEntrepreneurial SpiritAdvanced Technology Author:Boomer Esiason
“If, if more stimulus means more tax cuts to small businesses, if, if more stimulus means middle class tax cuts, then I'm for it.” IfsMeanClassCuttingMiddleTaxesMiddle ClassSmall BusinessStimulusTax Cuts Author:Alexi Giannoulias
“And I think it's a prudent, responsible way, given the scale of the emergency, the scale of the damage still facing America, that we finance these additional support for the unemployed as well as the support for small business. We think there's a good case for doing it now. We want to do it in an overall fiscally responsible way.” ThinkingWayWantWellsStillsAmericaGivenBusinessCasesSupportResponsibleScalesFinanceDamageSmall BusinessEmergenciesUnemployedPrudent Author:Timothy Geithner
“Telephones are a virtual necessity - not a luxury - and the revenues collected by this tax flow into the general fund. But this once temporary tax remains and costs American taxpayers, our small businesses and families almost $6 billion dollars a year.” YearsCostTaxesFlowRemainsDollarsBillionsLuxuryFundTemporaryTelephonesSmall BusinessRevenueTaxpayers Author:Mike Fitzpatrick
“The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.” ImportantCostIncreaseDuesMinimumSmall BusinessMinimum Wage Author:J. D. Hayworth
“The Small Business 'common app' would function much like the one that students complete to apply to multiple colleges and universities simultaneously. It would ensure that small businesses across the country can concentrate on growing and creating jobs - not wasting time, filling out mountains of repetitive paperwork.” CountryJobsCommonGrowingStudentsCollegeMountainCreatingFunctionUniversityWasting TimeMultipleSmall BusinessFillingAppsRepetitivePaperworkColleges And UniversitiesCreating JobsNot Wasting Time Author:Kay Hagan
“We in Congress need to do everything possible to encourage and cultivate small businesses, so that they can expand and create jobs. Far too often, however, U.S. small businesses are impeded by government paperwork and bureaucratic red tape.” NeedsGovernmentJobsRedCongressTapeSmall BusinessPaperworkRed Tape Author:Kay Hagan
“Health care is the No. 1 concern of small businesses and the status quo is untenable.” CareConcernHealth CareStatus QuoSmall Business Author:Karen Mills
“Small businesses are really the engine in the economy.” EconomyEnginesSmall Business Author:Karen Mills
“Small businesses have told us that having cash in their pocket is one of the primary things that they need.” NeedsPrimariesPocketsCashSmall Business Author:Karen Mills
“Small businesses want things streamlined, and one of the great successes we're having is less paperwork, faster turnaround times.” WantFasterSmall BusinessGreat SuccessPaperworkTurnaround Author:Karen Mills
“It's not government that creates jobs; it's small business. Our job is to make sure they have the access to capital, the access to contracting opportunities, and the help, advice and mentoring that they need to go out and be successful.” NeedsHelpingGovernmentJobsOpportunitySuccessfulAdviceAccessBeing SuccessfulSmall BusinessMentoringContracting Author:Karen Mills