từ $ 2 triệu đến $ 10 triệu. Mỗi năm, danh dự trong 500 phát triển nhanh nhất, công ty tư nhân ở đất nước này. Phần lớn của 500 công ty Inc thuộc thể loại này. Đừng làm cho tôi sai, rất nhiều công ty trong thể loại này không phù hợp với định nghĩa của tôi của ngày càng tăng. | THE 7 IRREFUTABLE RULES OF SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH from 2 million to 10 million. Every year Inc. honors the 500 fastest growing privately held companies in this country. The majority of these Inc 500 firms fall within this category. Don t get me wrong a lot of companies in this category do not fit my definition of growing. A significant portion are indeed declining. However it is within this category that I usually find the most current and compelling ideas on growth. The 100- to 499-Employee Firm To have reached this level firms in this category have already experienced at least one period of significant growth. Almost no one does a start-up with 100 or more employees. According to the SBA in 2001 there were more than 85 000 businesses in this category. While they represent less than 2 percent of all employing firms more than 16 million people work in companies this size. MOST MISLEADING SMALL BUSINESS MYTHS As mentioned before I can argue that this is both the best and worst of times for small business in America. Whenever I tell people I have good news and bad news they want to hear the bad news first to get it out of the way. I know that I risk losing your enthusiasm and believe me you re going to need plenty of that by starting this book on a cautionary note. None of us can succeed however until we first acknowledge the difficulties inherent in managing a private enterprise. Despite what most politicians and many people in the general public think small business success is not quite as easy as some would have us believe. As a serial entrepreneur buddy of mine says It s gotten real easy to start a new business. Everybody wants to help you now. The problem is it s getting harder than ever to actually make a buck at it. Seventy-two percent of respondents to a May 2004 Inc. poll agreed Entrepreneurship is getting harder. 6 TLFeBOOK A Realist s View of the Small Business Landscape The following positive myths about entrepreneurship are repeated so often and in so .
