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Small Business Closure Scenarios

Small Business Labs

employer small businesses will close in 2020 (2) (3).  3) Closures include any reason a small business ceases to exist (financial failure, business is sold, owner retires and closes the business, etc.), but the main reason small businesses close is financial stress.   This is about 1.2 million small businesses.  

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Non-Mortgage Debt and Working in Retirement

Small Business Labs

Reports and Resources Intuit 2020 Research Report Todays Hobbyists are Tomorrows Hobbypreneurs Homepreneurs: A Vital Economic Force Research Brief - Small Business Credit Outlook The Economic Stimulus Package: Whats in it for Growing Businesses? But the point they make - many Americans are not saving enough for retirement - is a good one. 

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What Being Pregnant During the Pandemic Taught Me About Cultivating Contentment

Success

And I’m not on speaking terms with my own mother, which adds an additional, often stomach-turning layer of stress and sadness to an already trying time. So far, 2020 has been ravaged by a pandemic that has taken over 100,000 American lives. I can’t meet other moms at the local pregnancy support group or visit my in-laws in Texas.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

Success

She has received many accolades, including CRN’s 2023 Inclusive Channel Leaders award, CRN’s 2021 The Most Powerful Women of the Channel: Power 100 award and Insights Success’ 2020 Top 10 Most Influential Women in the Cloud award. Phillips’ passion is inspiring, transforming and growing leaders. It was all met with crickets,” Kiersten says.

2024 254
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On Performance Reviews, Mindfulness and Redefining What It Means to ‘Make It’

Success

Then that work got blessed in December 2020 when a big and fast-growing company bought our small and fast-growing company. By the time I retire, I imagine writers like me will probably just be transferring words from our brains to yours through some digital worm. We put the sweet brick house on the market on Election Day 2020.

2020 244
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16 Timeless Truths of Financial Freedom

Success

When Jim came into my office at age 52 to see about retiring early, I was surprised. I fully expected to inform Jim and Sue they couldn’t retire early only to discover they were multimillionaires. Before meeting the McIntyres, I was leasing a new Jaguar and renting an apartment in San Francisco, but I was stressed.

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

Success

With the support of generous sponsors, volunteers and donors, the couple has overseen a multitude of makeovers, giving families under incredible stress a huge home blessing and a new reason to smile. Robyn Passante. “I Mary Carlomagno. Charitable Causes that Restore Faith in Humanity. Secret Santa.

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