Last week Ann Dwyer told me she’s been thinking about what the last 18 to 24 months have done to the mental state of entrepreneurs and whether or not they’ll be hiring again soon. Small businesses are such an important driver of employment and economic growth . . . it’s up to us to create jobs and deplete unemployment.
But it seems for more than a year, the mantra is “doing more with less.” Fewer employees, tighter budgets, less credit, lower customer spending . . . even less motivation, in some cases. In fact, Vistage International did a survey last quarter and asked its members if they are doing more with less. Eighty-six percent said yes.
That’s exactly what we’re doing.