Small businesses account for half of GDP and (historically) for most employment growth but have faltered in the aftermath of the Great Recession, resulting in a relatively tenuous recovery.
Big Roundhouse Flex: please don't be discouraged by tight lenders, the cost of health insurance, uncertainty about economic conditions and government actions, unreasonable regulations, and the tax code. Your having the balls to step up now is going to influence the future of the nation: either big ball havers in the small business world step up soon and push the unemployment rate down toward full employment over the next 1.5 years or so, or we enter a 'new normal' with relatively high rates for the foreseeable future, attendant downsides/risks and all.
Don't let us down neegar!