Small Business Is The Backbone Of The Community

For a healthy economy, the growth and sustainability of small and medium enterprises is necessary. When SMEs are healthy and prosperous, the entire community will bring benefits and prosperity.

There are 28 million small and medium enterprises in the United States. These companies employ 55% of their employees, accounting for 54% of annual transactions. Since the 1970's, SMEs have accounted for 66% of all net employment opportunities in the economy. Small and medium enterprises work in cooperation to give a stable blow to the US labor force

In addition to private small and medium enterprises, franchise enterprises have also achieved substantial growth over the past several decades. Today, approximately 600,000 franchise SMEs nationwide, including restaurants, gas stations, coffee shops, retail stores and others, have generated 8 million jobs, accounting for about 40% of retail sales.

America is a country of entrepreneurs. The entrepreneurial spirit is deeply rooted in our culture, and the owners of small businesses are men and women who accept their ideas and put it into practice.

Community members of small business owners who apply their own shingles are men and women who form the backbone of the community. Provide work to neighbors, donate to local charity, support community activities, do everything to ensure reliable products and services that the community needs.

Since 1982, the number of SMEs nationwide has surprisingly increased by 49%. Large enterprises have reduced approximately 4 million people, but SMEs added 8 million jobs. Indeed, many small business owners are men and women leaving large companies to achieve business goals.

Opening is a considerable risk, but the employer is very skilled in managing these risks. Since 1977, the failure rate of SMEs has declined by 30%. This is for better training, better education, and more information acquisition.

Learn from the past, strengthen operations and use them to streamline the process of using. As a result, small and medium-sized enterprises are very good and flexible, and they can change their business to meet market demands without sacrificing the company's time and effort.

As a result, SMEs can maintain their viability and vitality in response to market changes and changes in consumer sentiment.

Large enterprises provide a backbone of economic stability to the community. They offer a lot of work to create disposable income that SMEs rely on. In addition, large companies rely on products and services that SMEs offer to their employees. Together they created symbiotic circles, both of which require their viability

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SMEs are the economic backbone of our community - they hire half of Americans working in the private sector, provide important local products and services, and are part of the community's identity and social structure. For many of us, corner coffee shops, community day care providers, home mechanics, favorite maternity restaurants, and local hairdressers are the places for our daily work and we define them. It is part of the house. It is important to think about how to protect small business from potential damage and disasters when this week celebrating the important contribution that small business brings to our community and country during the National Small Business Week and next hurricane season is.

SMEs are the backbone of the economy (Marshall & Schrank, 2014). Since SMEs alone account for more than 50% of the total wage of the country, we know that small and medium enterprises will affect communities, families and individuals (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2015). So why do not these companies continue to serve the community and guarantee that they will continue to support the pillars of the economy and the national economy? There are many reasons why SMEs are forced to fail and to close down, but this article will focus on disaster recovery. However, I would like to clarify that disasters are not necessarily catastrophic, but for you as a business owner it may represent challenges, problems, and / or economic losses.