I quit emergency medicine three months ago to start full-time promotion of my own business, Doctors House Calls, here in Portland. While I am still in the 'preprofit' stage there is enormous market potential. There are housecall services operating in many of the nations largest cities, available to people who simply do not want to have doctors or insurance companies tell them to spend part of their lives waiting for that service. This is a tremendous boon to people who have home-based businesses or other entrepreneurs who are always aware that once your time is gone, you can't get it back. It demands a response.
Small business continues to be the safest place to work in America.
In fact, injury rates for businesses with 10 or fewer employees are less than half the average of their larger business counterparts. Because on Main Street your employees are your friends, your neighbors, and many times your family. Plus, there is too much at stake for small employers to lose someone from injury or illness. In today's economy, with qualified workers in high demand, small-business owners will do everything they can to keep their workers safe. Safety in a small firm is not about percentages, workplace rules, or powerful advocates in Washington.