Melissa Bean Quotes

As someone who started a small business from scratch, I know how important it is for families and for communities to have strong job creation.

I represent the small businesses, the women, and the families working so hard to rebuild our communities.

As a member of the House Committee on Small Business and because of my own experience as a small business owner, I am appreciative of the impact these small businesses have on our local economies.

I am excited to rise today to support National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day. This celebration honors the husband and wife business owner teams whose work helps drive the economy and fuel job growth.

Small businesses are the backbone of Oklahoma's economy, creating a large portion of jobs in our state.

As the metropolitan Atlanta area continues to grow, it's critical that we support small businesses and the prosperity of our local community.

I don't let people talk bad about Rick Ross around me. Like, you can't do it. He owns - I've heard a legend - 30 Wing Stops in the areas he grew up near. You can never say anything about him. If that represents ten jobs per place, that's 310 jobs provided.

Small businesses are the heart and soul of South Carolina's economy - from our bait stores to our restaurants and barber shops.

By fostering the economic health and vitality of local communities throughout the country, community banks play a central role in our national economy. One important aspect of that role is to serve as a primary source of credit for the small businesses that are responsible for creating a substantial proportion of all new jobs.

Our region's economy was built upon their entrepreneurial spirit, and our economy still depends on the continued success of the enterprises they have worked so hard to create.

When you create more small businesses, you create small entrepreneurship. Out of that comes self-determination and employment.

You know where entrepreneurship in my opinion has to go? Into the inner city.

Small business creates more jobs than large corporations.

I'd watch my father get up at 5 o'clock and go down to the Eastern Market in Detroit to do the shopping for his restaurant, and get that business going and then go out on his vending machine business.

The government has got to do something to help independent businesses.

Behind every small business, there's a story worth knowing. All the corner shops in our towns and cities, the restaurants, cleaners, gyms, hair salons, hardware stores - these didn't come out of nowhere.

If I won the lottery I'd start a charity that helped little family hardware stores, cobblers and fruit shops open in city centres.

I think it's really important to realize that small businesses are often the portal for immigrants into the New York City economy. I think we have something like 40,000 small businesses that are immigrant-run in New York.

Family farms and small businesses are the backbone of our communities.

I think it's really important to realize that small businesses are often the portal for immigrants into the New York City economy.

In America, small business is a big deal.

Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.

As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.

The heart of America is small businesses.

Small business – the very fiber of our community life.