Posts Tagged ‘the recession’

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Small businesses today are in survival mode.

That’s the stark conclusion from a recent blog post “Small-business optimism rises-but so does stress,” by Rieva Lesonsky. She cited a recent American Express OPEN® Small Business Monitor survey.

Forty-one percent of those surveyed said their focus for the next six months will be maintaining current sources of income; just 26 percent are focused on growth—the lowest number in the history of the Monitor survey.

How can you, as an entrepreneur, survive while maintaining current sources of income?  Read more... (730 words, 1 image, estimated 2:55 mins reading time)