The survival rate of SBDC clients is dramatically higher than the average small business. We know we have enabled people to go into business and stay in business at a level far higher than the average small business.

Small business is the engine of the American economy and the Founding Father's award recognizes key individuals who had the inspiration and passion to bring the vision of a ubiquitous small business support network to reality, ... Representative Smith was instrumental in driving the necessary legislation giving birth to our organization and we will do our best to honor his legacy by serving America's small business.

Everyone is saying small business is the engine of the economy, but we're not putting any gas in the tank.

Small business is the engine of the American economy and the Champion of Small Business Development and Founding Fathers awards recognize individuals and organizations making significant contributions to small business development, ... We congratulate our inaugural award recipients and we look forward to their continued contributions to small business development.

The business has a much greater likelihood of survival if you take an approach that emphasizes survival of the business. The focus needs to be less on splitting each asset 50/50 as it is on taking a holistic approach and seeing that some assets will wind up on the wife's side of the ledger and some on the husband's side of ledger.

We had about 100 people at the session who want to go and help.