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May 4, 2005
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ness owners and the overall small
business segment,” said Hadley
Robbins, small business seg
ment manager for Wells Fargo
in Portland.
Survey respondents also show
tremendous confidence in expec
tations for theircompany’s future
growth on three key success fac
tors: revenues, cash flow and job
hiring. Expectations for growth
over the next 12 months exceed
the performance from the previ
ous 12 months on all three points.
Additional findings include 63
percent of minority owners re
porting they are in a good posi
tion for retirement. Forty-three
percent say their company has
increased its overall productivity
over the past 12 months while
only 19 percent say it has de
creased. Also, 85 percent of mi
nority business owners say they
would become a business owner
again.
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