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[edit] not about small businesses, not being wikified
This article, apart from not being wikified, is not about small businesses. It looks more like advice on how to run a small business. This could be a separate section of the article, but it should not be the entire contents of the article. The article should at least begin with what a small business is and/or what qualifies as a small business.
A seperate issue is that it looks like the text was lifted straight off the Internet. I didn't do too much googling, but many of the phrases are so generic that they could come from dozens of places.
- I agree with that completely - especially the section on 10 reasons why a business fails, looks like it's straight from a textbook perhaps. --Jonohill 01:53, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
Normally I'd attack this myself, but can't right now. Anyone else? —Frecklefoot 18:35 24 Jul 2003 (UTC)
The part about the end about Bush is just off topic.
Agreed. This page is not helpful in its current state. I too would like to see some changes made here. Will make some as time allows. --Small business 18:33, 4 May 2004 (UTC)
[edit] external links
A lot of water under the bridge with respect to the external links. However, there is a clear problem with respect to user 63.198.13.10, which is obvious if you take a look at his history. At time of posting the current links now seem to be fine, but for how long? This is a competitive arena and he and others tend to add and delete links for their own reasons.
I wonder about SK's mission here. He deletes perfectly good references and seems answerable to no-one. No problem though: he's bored me away from the wiki, so he wins.
- There are quite a few other "Small business forums", so why yours? Wikipedia is not a web directory, so while I don't question that your forum might be a good discussion forum for small business owners, it's not Wikipedia's task to keep track of those forums. Look for example at the Open Directory Project for such a service. --S.K. 19:28, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
"So why yours?" - can you actually read? I stated clearly in the summary that it wasn't mine. I added it back because it is a decent uncluttered forum which I have posted to. Meanwhile, 63.198.13.10 appears again with real spam, for the hundredth time with his smartbiz link, which you seem awfully tolerant of. As I said above, I added one link to a good resource and get this from someone who is clearly small minded and very sad. Have happy wiki because I won't be back with the likes of you around.
[edit] references for revisions - what is a small business
Since there is a lot of talk about the increase of minimum wage and tax breaks for small businesses, I have (and my husband) done a little research on what exactly is a small business. Wiki has offered some information, and I have found information Wiki might be interested in as well which would change the definition of a "small business". I am offering this information in hope that someone will revise the current small business article.
I offer this site for study: [1]
This website defines what exactly a small business is and falls under the requirements of the SBA (Small Business Association). When compared, the Wiki definition of a small business consists of about 100 employees; however, the examples given at this website are as much as 1,500 employees. This number clearly exceeded even the definition of the Wiki "mid-sized business".
That concludes my concerns, Thank you, warmly, --IMSassafras 20:59, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
- According to the SBA a small business is classified in one of two ways, gross sales in millions or number of employees. see table [2]
For most industries a small business has less the 500 employees and or does less then $6.5 million in sales. Some industries are still a small business when there is as many as 1,500 employees or as much as $32.51 million in sales or as much as $165 million in assets.
