Comments on: Guess Who’s Creating the Most U.S. Jobs. It’s Likely Not Who You Think.

By: Corrie Davidson

Corrie Davidson — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:50:15 +0000

Interesting findings! Makes sense if you think about it… go entrepreneurs!!!

By: A Crisis of Competence | ASA President's Blog

A Crisis of Competence | ASA President's Blog — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:19:08 +0000

[...] including those at the Small Business Trends website and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (http://smallbiztrends.com/2009/11/who-creates-the-most-jobs.html). Yet, public policy is not encouraging this segment with incentives or conversely, by removing [...]

By: Terry Neese

Terry Neese — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:09:27 +0000

All small businesses, regardless of age, need to be supported. They are what drive the economy. Stifling their means to get capital will only hinder their formation and growth. Failure to allow small businesses to grow, will not only hurt those businesses, but the economy as a whole.

We are working hard at the NCPA on free market solutions for Americans http://www.ncpa.org

By: K James

K James — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:54:47 +0000

In 2002, there were approximately 23 million small businesses in the United States according to the US SBA (Small Business Administration).

By: Pro2ProNetwork

Pro2ProNetwork — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:21:52 +0000

This article was really interesting and somewhat surprising to me that start up businesses are generating the most jobs. On one hand, they do need more support for expanding, but at the same time most people generally apply for the well known bigger companies. Great advice for those who are searching the job market.

By: Curt

Curt — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:19:09 +0000

It’s going to be very difficult as Obama’s aggenda is fighting against capital formation, the foundation of small business and continues to destroy jobs.

The truth is that congress and Obama are holding back the free market from creating jobs.

By: Galia Kouzmanova

Galia Kouzmanova — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:30:02 +0000

It is not surprising! There should be government funding support for the business advisors providing startup mentorship and launching services. First-time small business owners need various management consulting help.

By: Celso

Celso — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:14:31 +0000

Small businesses and entrepreneurs have always been neglected by the government in my opinion. We certainly contribute by generating a significant amount of new jobs, and we often innovate old business practices in order to deal with difficult situations as the one we are facing these days. Yet every time the government comes up with a plan to help the economy, we are rarely included in the deal. It’s always been this way and I doubt that things will be any different this time around.

By: Keith DeLong

Keith DeLong — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:03:17 +0000

I’m not surprised at all. While our time clock software company has been around longer than 5 years, we’re still a ‘very small business’ by government standards. Being small and lean has allowed us to react very quickly to changing economic conditions. As a result we’ve continued to grow and hire during this recession. While there are exceptions in certain sectors (like housing), I’ve seen the same principle hold true in most small businesses owned by my entrepreneurial peers.

By: Robert Brady

Robert Brady — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:11:04 +0000

This data doesn’t surprise me at all and I’m even less surprised that big companies get most of the government assistance (since they spend all that money on lobbying). While these reports help and some action is being taken to get help to smaller companies, I would recommend that these newer companies not hold their breath waiting for government help.