Small businesses are the engine of the U.S. economy.  The U.S. Small Business Administration recently estimated that 99.9 percent of all businesses in the US have less than 500 employees and as such are considered small businesses.  The U.S. Census Bureau data corroborates these numbers, revealing that 98.2% of total businesses have less than 100 employees and 89.3% have fewer than 20 …

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