Independent Thinking » Solopreneur http://www.steigmancommunications.com Business. Communications. Social Media. Strategy. | Daria Steigman | Steigman Communications, LLC Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:02:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Five Reasons Small Business Will Weather the Downturn http://www.steigmancommunications.com/2009/05/07/five-reasons-small-business-will-weather-the-downturn/ http://www.steigmancommunications.com/2009/05/07/five-reasons-small-business-will-weather-the-downturn/#comments Thu, 07 May 2009 21:08:38 +0000 Daria Steigman http://www.steigmancommunications.com/?p=517

My new column is out. The Small Business Edge: Why Solopreneurs and Small Businesses Will Weather the Downturn, looks at why I believe that small business has a big edge in this economy. Five quick reasons:

  • Innovation
  • Networks
  • Competition
  • Nimbleness
  • Flexibility

You can read the full column here. Then please come back and let’s talk in the comments about what you think. Do solopreneurs, entrepreneurs, and small businesses have an edge? And what have you done to weather the downturn?

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