### social organization | business:

Small business
* Many small businesses focus on customer retention and loyalty by mailing to established clients
  - generate hazardous waste, but only a few are managing it correctly
  - use wordmarks instead of logos to make their company name easily recognizable
  - utilize personal computers
* Most small business start out as sole proprietorships.
* Most small businesses are in niches between or among industries
  - develop as the result of someone's dream
  - employ a few people, but huge job growth has never come from small business
  - have their focus on their products and their business
  - operate as a sole proprietorship
  - require the talents of an entrepreneur to be successful
  - start with a network of inexpensive personal computers
  - use a calendar year just like individuals
* Some small businesses use non-profit corporations as a tax shelter.
* account for a significant portion of new jobs in the U.S. economy
  - two out of every three new jobs created in the United States
* are a crucial element of the U.S. economy and the Internet
  - to the growth of the U.S. economy
  - dynamic force in the American economy
  - powerful force in today's economy both nationally and globally
  - source of new ideas and products
* are a vital part of our nation s economy
  - the economy of the state of Florida
* are also more dependent on part-time employees
  - part of a commercial food chain that large businesses depend upon
  - an important element in the national economy
* are an important part of small metropolitan and rural economies
  - the global economy
  - big credit card users, and they have an eye for quality
  - capable of appearing to be big businesses
  - common in many countries
  - critical to the economic well-being of the state
* are crucial to the American economy
  - success of the economy
  - important sources of product and process innovations
  - key to economic growth and development both home and abroad
  - major retailers of microcomputers
  - notorious procrastinators when it comes to buying insurance
* are one of the fastest growing segments of the wired economy
  - most important facets of any stable economy
  - our economy's most dynamic engine of growth
  - particularly susceptible to reductions in consumer demand
  - quite distinct from the global market
* are responsible for creating a vast majority of new jobs each year
  - today s strong national and local economy
* are the backbone of our American economy
  - economy, creating the overwhelming majority of new jobs
* are the backbone of our state's economy, employing most of our people
* are the backbone of the American economy
  - basis of America's prosperity and economic growth
  - bread and butter of small banks
  - building blocks of sustainable communities
* are the driving force behind our nation's economy
  - in the economy of New York
* are the engine that drives economic growth
  - innovation and fuels our National economy
* are the engines driving our economic growth
  - of growth for our nation's economy
  - heart and soul of the economy
  - life-blood of our economy
  - nation's job trainers as well
  - real driving force behind the economy
  - recognized economic engines of the future
* are vital to the U.S. economy
  - growth and competitiveness of their local economies
* bring prosperity to the common man and woman.
* can also ensure the wellness of their employees.
* can profit from tightening their supply chains
  - just as much from the Internet as larger businesses
  - protect themselves by knowing their rights
  - use census numbers to determine the marketability of new products
* complain when bigger companies steal their employees.
* comprise about one-third of the construction, trade and food service sectors.
* comprises the vast majority of the enterprises in Big Island commerce.
* contributes significantly to the Australian economy.
* create jobs and wealth while empowering their communities.
* create more jobs than do big businesses
  - either medium or large businesses
* don t hire people moving off welfare as an act of charity.
* drive our economy and create jobs.
* employ approximately one-half of the nation's private work force
  - more than half of the nation's work force
* exist in small towns and big cities, in every state province and country.
* finds operations.
* give a greater proportion of their income to charity than bigger companies
  - diversity and vitality to the American economy
  - the economy the flexibility it needs to adapt to rapidly changing conditions
* grows over time.
* have a very important place in the economy.
* helps drive the economic engine of success in the United States.
* increases profits by expanding markets, and hiring workers.
* is an enterprise employing fewer than twenty people
  - important component of the Long Island economy
  - innovative force in the American economy
  - under-represented section in and outside parliament
* is big business in America
  - clearly the backbone of American economic growth
* is one of the most important elements in our society
  - parts of the economy
  - responsible for much of the job creation in the Oklahoma economy
  - the backbone of our economy, which is why it is vital they succeed and grow
* is the backbone of the American economy
  - California economy
  - Canadian economy
  - driving force of the Long Island economy
* is the engine of economic growth in western Canada
  - growth, job creation and innovation in our country
  - our nation's economy and the heart of our local communities
  - our nation's economy and the heart of our communities
  - room of growth in the Australian economy
* is the fastest growing segment in the technology industry
  - of the business sector today
  - fastest-growing segment of the U.S. economy today
  - first place job seekers turn for employment opportunities
  - foundation upon which New York's economy is built
  - truly an environment where everyone often pitches in to get things done
  - very important to the banking industry
* lift communities out of poverty.
* make up the largest sector of American business.
* organize themselves in many different forms.
* play a large role in the economy
  - leading role in our economy
* predominate in rural areas.
* puts more people in less office space than traditional, larger companies.
* reaches levels.
* reflect the values of individuals and the values of a community.
* represent the backbone of the economy
  - fastest growing segment of the U.S. economy
* require finance to start, develop, and grew.
* requires people to perform numerous functions, many of which are ad hoc.
* rise or fall through the quality of their people.
* spur economic growth and employ half of our nation's workforce.
* strive to achieve greater levels of success through growth.
* sustain the families of their owners and the neighborhoods in which they reside.
* use a variety of sources to finance themselves.
* vary widely in size and capacity for growth.