I read something the other day that indicated that something like 80 to 90% of the businesses out there are 4 people or less. Wish I could remember where that was.
I know it was in relation to the "recession". In the last recession people working for big companies got hurt, companies with 4 or less people almost all did BETTER. Go figure. marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Quesiton on Funding / Financing / Capital Availability > Charles, you really should investigate the business sizes out there. > > Without doing any research today, I'd say there were more " one man band " > businesses out there than any other type, unless you're going to lump a > lot > of "types" together, like all the 2-100 employee businesses. > > And there's a lot of 2-10 people businesses, as well. > > How does a "one man band" work? Hard. And he often serves people who > are > engaged in similar enterprise. It isn't suited to all, nor even a > majority > of people, the small sector ( 1 - 10 people ) is probably the most > resilient > and dynamic of all business models out there. > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > <insert witty tagline here> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charles Wu" <[email protected]> > To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 9:20 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Quesiton on Funding / Financing / Capital > Availability > > >> Hi Rick, >> >> I applaud your effort -- I totally emphasize and understand your >> perspective, as 8 years ago, I was a one man shop working out of my >> college dorm room trying to get a business started >> >> There is an unfortunate reality that the one-man band is not a >> sustainable >> long-term operation -- for example, how will you ever go on a vacation? >> Or >> spend quality time with the wife without the ever-present threat / fear >> that lightening may strike...somewhere >> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
