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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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