Small business customers are a key customer segment for many service and application providers, as they often are more willing to make faster decisions about new communication services and software.
To the extent that firm growth is a direct driver of software, hardware and communications activity, and given that up to 85 percent of new jobs are created by small businesses, perhaps somebody should be listening to them.
A survey conducted in February 2009 by online payroll service SurePayroll found that most small business owners feel the government should be taking a different approach to boost the economy during tough times.
Nearly three out of four small business owners disagree with the way the U.S. government has allocated funds in its Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), and believe tax cuts would be the ideal solution.
TARP was deemed effective by only three percent of respondents, while 72 percent were clear on their disapproval and 25 percent did not have a strong opinion.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Small Business: TARP Failing
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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