Sentences with phrase «small business owners surveyed»

34 percent of small business owners surveyed say they would have difficulty complying with government notification requirements.

47 percent of small business owners surveyed acknowledge it would be impossible for a small business to completely safeguard customer, patient, or employee data.

Even when they did, more than eight in 10 small business owners surveyed acknowledged that they didn't know how to interpret their score.

38 percent of small business owners surveyed say they have a more negative opinion of companies that have recently experienced a breach, based on the companies» handling of the breach.

Many of the 1,433 small business owners surveyed expect to live well into their retirement years, with one in three saying they plan to retire older than 70.

More than 80 percent of the 300 small business owners surveyed in the recent 4th Annual Staples National Small Business Survey said that they don't keep track of their business goals, and 77 percent have yet to achieve their vision for their company.

A similar study conducted by the Guardian Insurance Company offered even more marked results, with 35 % of small business owners surveyed reporting that they actually started their businesses to fund their retirements.

In the November survey, almost half (44 percent) of small business owners surveyed said they expect credit will be somewhat or very easy to obtain in the next 12 months, up from 37 percent in July.

The small business owners surveyed who understood their business credit scores, the study reported, were 41 percent more likely to be approved for a business loan than those who did not.

In addition, the study determined that the last time the small business owners surveyed had needed funds, 62 percent had withdrawn personal savings, 22 percent had used business credit cards, 24 percent had used their personal credit cards and 10 percent had relied on family and friends.

Perhaps the difference between the small business owners surveyed and these economists is simply a matter of semantics — what does «out of a recession'technically mean?

Nevertheless, the small business owners I surveyed asked their lawyers to perform a huge variety of services — from reviewing contracts to incorporation to providing legal advice on how to collect from a non-paying customer.