Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Entrepreneur: Entrepreneurs Show Their Mettle

By: Jennifer Wang

"What do you need MOST right now to stimulate your business?" This was last week's featured question on Entrepreneur Connect, and we got a lot of good responses. Confidence and certainty, some said. Sales and easier access to financing, said others. Clearly, things aren't right yet, but no one sounded defeated.

This might be because entrepreneurs who have made it through the low point earlier this year have come out stronger. They're "battle-tested," to use a great adjective I recently heard used to describe small business owners.

During a Business Matchmaking event in Orange County, Calif., I had a chance to speak with Hector Barreto, former head of the U.S. Small Business Administration; Ken Yancey, CEO of The SCORE Association; and Brian Burch, HP's director of SMB marketing. The overarching sentiment? Main Street will come out of the recession stronger than ever. (more)

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