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What do places like Pratt's Country Store and Tony's Hardware have in common? They are part of the mom and pop type shops that make up more than 70 percent of all businesses nationally.
What do places like Pratt's Country Store and Tony's Hardware have in common? They are part of the mom and pop type shops that make up more than 70 percent of all businesses nationally.
Section: Features, 2009 July/August
Tags: small business,
America,
entrepreneur,
mom and pop,
Route 66
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As I look out my office window, it is obvious that there is an ongoing struggle between the big and the small.
To the south, a street stretches across the horizon with almost every big-box store imaginable lining its sidewalks. To the southeast, the headquarters of the McDonald’s Corporation rises out of the morning mist. With such a contrast between these giants and the everyday American small business, it seems that it is time for an equalizer.
Section: Letter From The Editor, 2007 Fall
Tags: corporate,
letter,
america,
business,
editor,
small
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Thanks to advancements in things like transportation, communication, energy and medicine, we live a better life.
Life is much better today than in the past.
Section: Letter From The President, 2008 Nov/Dec
Tags: medicine,
life,
communication,
America,
history,
politics,
travel,
changes
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Entrepreneurs in early America set the stage for business models of today.
In honor of Independence Day, we examine how the roots of small business in America are really the roots of America itself.
Section: Features, 2008 July/August
Tags: governor,
roots,
Walter,
colony,
Jamestown,
Puritans,
Roanoke,
noble,
trade,
England,
Raleigh,
Mexico,
Spain,
Virginia,
English,
Peru,
Independence,
America,
Stock
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