Small Businesses Will Lead Us To a Better Future…

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10 Responses to “Small Businesses Will Lead Us To a Better Future…”

1. Sean Greeley Says:
   March 11th, 2009 at 5:28 pm

   Chris,

   I couldn't agree more and we're shouting the same message to all our small business customers over here.

   I guess if we keep screaming at washington… and loud enough… eventually this tide will change.

   Here's to continued freedom fighting,
   Sean Greeley

2. Rick Falls Says:
   March 11th, 2009 at 6:20 pm

   It's sickening isn't it?

   The saving of out of date stodgy immovable train wrecks with blatantly failed models of business under the guise of helping the economy turns my stomach.

   This is all going on while nimble flexible service and solution driven new companies go without needed expansion capital.

   It's insane !

   Thanks for fighting the good fight.

3. Mark Grimm Says:
   March 12th, 2009 at 7:06 am

   As both a small business owner and an elected official, I appreciate your comments very much. While we have seen enormous job losses in the private sector, government jobs remain in full force. Small business owners need to get better at making our case. Most of us feel we are "too busy" to do it. The sad truth is, though, such lack of action hurts us. Small business owners should:
   - Let elected officials know their frustrations and wishes
   - Consider running for office themselves or help recruit private sector people to run
   - Support the ones that do, provided they are right for the post
   - Use their influence as civic leaders to influence others on public policy

   Small business owners have demonstrated the guts and savvy to change our economic system, we can change the political system as well.

   Let's go do it!

   – Mark Grimm, president - Mark Grimm Communications
   Guilderland, NY Town Board member

4. Andy Kron Says:
   March 12th, 2009 at 9:02 am

   We need to provide help and encouragement to the
   small buisness owners who have been made to feel
   insecure by the lousy news that has been spewed
   by the media. These are the people that realize
   that they dont want to live off the fat of the land (that is no longer fat), people that want to
   create and control there own future.

5. Rick Falls Says:
   March 12th, 2009 at 9:25 am

   Hi Chris,
    
   That is one heck of a blog you've got there my friend.
    
   I'm one of those starved start ups with phenomenal promise and growth potential that's being ignored.
    
   Thanks for the astute observations and bold directives on the blog.
    
   Take care, Rick Falls

6. John Mason Says:
   March 12th, 2009 at 11:47 am

   I Agree Small Businesses will keep our Economy Going Hey Thanks Chris I love that last publication i received last week. very good material. Thanks!

7. Joe Welnack Says:
   March 14th, 2009 at 11:47 am

   Could not agree more. I closed one of my business operations after twenty four years in business as a result of the great recession. While I didn't go broke and left the game of free enterprise a winner, it is very tough to get financing for a new venture even with a nice capital injection.

   I personally favor letting the "bad" banks being taken over by the government for a short term. Fire the banksters (let them join Madoff), create a bad asset pool and sell the good assets off to responsible banks.

   Bill Seidman, a Republican who led the RTC has voiced this as a alternative to pouring money into "zombie" banks. Pain? Yes, but the bad medicine is required. Healthy commercial banks that eschew exotic financial "products" will be the winners.

   Joe Welnack

8. Geraldine Simmons Says:
   March 14th, 2009 at 3:56 pm

   I agree. Growth and innovation have always come from small, lean, creative small businesses. What are we doing to loosen the red tape that stifles the small business' access to capital? We should have demanded a portion of the bailout that went to the dinosaurs.

9. Richelle Shaw Says:
   March 18th, 2009 at 10:31 am

   Chris:
   Loved your comments on Fox Business this morning. I wondered if the scowl was planned? they should have you on more often.

10. IndependentProfitCenter Says:
    March 24th, 2009 at 4:15 am

    nice blog cheers

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