CEO & Founder of National Business Capital, the leading fintech marketplace offering streamlined small business loans.
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The vast majority (99.9%) of businesses in the United States are considered small businesses. Half of them are home-based firms, and one-fifth are family-owned businesses, but as a whole, small businesses make up a significant portion of our economy—65% of all new jobs since 2000 have come from small businesses.
Despite their importance, running the day-to-day of a small business isn’t easy, and most founders struggle to turn their dreams of success into reality. Only half of small businesses survive until their fifth birthday, and only a third are still around after 10 years. With such short lifetimes, how do you keep your business from turning into a statistic?
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