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SoCalDem

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4. The definition of "small" is the problem

Sat Nov 24, 2012, 01:38 PM

Nov 2012

We need new definitions if we ever want to really get a handle on things:

Micro....Mom & Pop owners & kids as employees....Max 6 total
Mini...Mom & Pop owners and a few non-family employees...Max 10 employees
Small.....LOCAL owner/operator.....Max 20 employees
Medium...Not necessarily local owned, but local employees....Max 80

Anything over 80, but under 500= BIG BUSINESS

Mega.....National/International ....over 500 employees

"special " considerations should be reserved for Micro,Mini,Small & Medium...ONLY

Big & Mega can take care of themselves

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A little cynicism about the "Small Business Saturday" movement. [View all] Atman Nov 2012 OP

99% of my purchases are cash I rarely even use my debit card. hobbit709 Nov 2012 #1

There are different types of small businesses, sure. noamnety Nov 2012 #2

American Express is offering 25.00 off a 25.00 purchase at a small business. Travis_0004 Nov 2012 #3

The definition of "small" is the problem SoCalDem Nov 2012 #4

The original sponsor is American Express nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #5

LOCALLY OWNED small business is how I define it. My locally owned bookshop, Lex Nov 2012 #6

This is making me spend in new places, in that sense it works flamingdem Nov 2012 #7