But the 15 percent that do break out of the pack is very important. The fact remains, without those successful small firms breaking out of the pack and creating jobs, the U.S. economy would be nowhere. Tom Peters, author of Thriving on Chaos , said something that bears on this directly. Big is dead. Then I look at the legions of small and mid-sized companies and I feel a glow of hope.
Telecommuting is a vital catalyst in the process of entrepreneurship and job creation.
I think it's telecommuting's most significant contribution. Let me make the case for that. There are two aspects of the catalyzing role of telecommuting in job creation. First, it's very important to view homebased telecommuting as an incubator for the transition of people from a corporate environment to business owner. And second, I think telecommuting is a very good technique for growing an enterprise beyond the entrepreneur herself.