To say small businesses are essential to sustained U.S. economy growth is an understatement when you look at the facts. According to the Small Business Administration, seven of every 10 new jobs are created by small businesses. They employ just… Read More
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Ohio Valley Steel Company: HIT Means Reassessing Expansion and Growth
Since the 1930s, my family has owned Ohio Valley Steel Co. where I’m proud to say I have worked for the past 20 years. Located in Wheeling, West Virginia, we fabricate and build structural steel for small-to-medium size complex industrial… Read More
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Factory Service Agency: HIT Limits Economic Growth
When Factory Service Agency, opened in 1975, we saw great potential for growth and we were well positioned to serve our Metairie suburb and the New Orleans, Louisiana community. Since then, we have installed and maintained countless pieces of heating,… Read More
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Wayside Family Restaurant: HIT Prevents Growth
My family is celebrating our twenty-first year in business with Wayside Family Restaurant. We started in 1992 with only five employees at our first restaurant in North Carolina, but over the past two decades we have grown to 120 workers… Read More
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B&W Plumbing: HIT Means Finding Ways to Offset Increased Health Care Costs
I am the owner of B&W Plumbing and Heating – a small business my parents started 52 years ago in our garage. The continuation of the business was their retirement plan. In a small business, owners work shoulder to shoulder… Read More