Looking to Entrepreneurs for Job Creation

The following is another article lead that our Interim President and CEO, Mike Landram, wanted me to share with you. This is an interesting article written by Amy Wilkinson, who is a Senior Fellow at Harvard University Center for Business and Government, as well as a policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center. In the article, titled "Job Creation? Look to Entrepreneurs," Amy argues that it is the small, just-off-the-ground, risk-taking business entrepreneurs who will be responsible for revitalizing the economy. Here's a snapshot of what she says:

"The mom-and-pop shops, garage start-ups and small businesses across the country will put Americans back on the payroll. According to the Census Bureau, nearly all net job creation in the U.S. since 1980 has been generated by firms operating less than five years."

This is what concerns us, what drives us, here at the Chamber - ensuring that all businesses, small, medium, and large, have the tools, resources, and freedom to succeed. Read the full article here.