Our economy creates and loses jobs every quarter in the millions. But of the net new jobs, the jobs come from small businesses: both small businesses on Main Street and many of the net new jobs come from high growth,… — Karen Mills Copy Share Image
As you probably know, half of the people who work in this country work for small businesses. And it's more than that, because two out of every three net new jobs come from small business. So we mean it when… — Karen Mills Copy Share Image
It's not government that creates jobs; it's small business. Our job is to make sure they have the access to capital, the access to… — Karen Mills Copy Share Image
We have to keep the momentum going in the economy. And we have to make sure that we give small businesses as much cash… — Karen Mills Copy Share Image
I haven't checked this out yet, but one of our guys told me we have a counselor within 45 minutes to an hour of… — Karen Mills Copy Share Image
Small businesses want things streamlined, and one of the great successes we're having is less paperwork, faster turnaround times. — Karen Mills Copy Share Image
I recently had the opportunity to participate in 'Inc.''s first-ever 'Hire Power Awards' event in Washington, D.C. The event was a testament to the… — Karen Mills Copy Share Image
We've gotten tremendous support. Everybody now understands how critical it is to help small businesses get out of this recession and into recovery. — Karen Mills Copy Share Image
Health care is the No. 1 concern of small businesses and the status quo is untenable. — Karen Mills Copy Share Image
We were able in the Recovery Act to get a program where we increased our loan guarantees to 90 percent. Because we had that… — Karen Mills Copy Share Image
The S.B.A. does not lend directly to businesses, but instead backs loans to encourage banks to invest in small businesses as part of a… — Karen Mills Copy Share Image
One of the most important things we hear is the S.B.A. needs to be ubiquitous. We do all these things, but people still don't… — Karen Mills Copy Share Image
In October 2008, when the credit crunch hit, small businesses were really crushed by the lack of capital. — Karen Mills Copy Share Image
We see entrepreneurship and small businesses and supply chains as a critical part of the economic growth and competitiveness agenda. — Karen Mills Copy Share Image
