{"id":1529,"date":"2008-11-06t00:10:41","date_gmt":"2008-11-06t05:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=1529"},"modified":"2015-10-23t03:36:27","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23t07:36:27","slug":"look-to-small-biz-to-lead-the-economic-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2008\/11\/06\/look-to-small-biz-to-lead-the-economic-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"look to small biz to lead the economic recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"
you’d think the small business market must shrink in a recession. but you’d be wrong.<\/strong><\/p>\n and it can be a fatal mistake, according to warrillow & co. researchers.<\/p>\n the net number of small businesses actually grows during a downturn. the number of start-ups actually increases compared with previous years.<\/p>\n the reason: trouble in the corporate sector tends to serve as a launching pad for would-be entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n where do you think all the smart, aggressive, educated, a-type personalities at lehman brothers, goldman sachs, and aig are going?\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 many start their own businesses.<\/p>\n in fact, the small business market offers steady growth and stability through a recession. especially when compared to consumer markets.\u00c2\u00a0 consumer spending surges in good times, and then swing wildly during recessions.<\/p>\n year-over-year peak-to-trough changes in the small business growth rate are less than a third of the drops seen in discretionary consumer spending. the small business market is not only an important source of diversification for enterprise companies, but also a relative safe haven for investment during recessions.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" you’d think the small business market must shrink in a recession. but you’d be wrong. and it can be a fatal mistake, according to warrillow & co. researchers. the net number of small businesses actually grows during a downturn. the … continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1905,5],"tags":[252,79,227],"class_list":["post-1529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clients-and-service","category-outlook","tag-recession","tag-marketing","tag-small-business"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n