The morale when I came in was not the best. It was because the agency had not been valued. Karen Mills More Quotes by Karen Mills More Quotes From Karen Mills We've gotten tremendous support. Everybody now understands how critical it is to help small businesses get out of this recession and into recovery. Karen Mills help how small support Among our responsibilities is to make sure that 23 percent of all government contracts go to small businesses. That's about $150 billion annually, from all the government agencies. Karen Mills about small go government As you probably know, half of the people who work in this country work for small businesses. And it's more than that, because two out of every three net new jobs come from small business. So we mean it when we talk about small business being the engine for the economy. Karen Mills you business work people This is not a zero-sum game. We know that if we provide access and education, particularly where there are gaps in the market, we will create more jobs, we will create more growth, and we will create more activity in the U.S. market, which will be good for our economy. Karen Mills game good growth education Small businesses pay 18 percent more than big businesses for health care, the same health care, just because they're small and they have too small a pool of risk. Karen Mills small pool care health One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program. Karen Mills small growth important business We are not going to be the agency where large businesses can masquerade as a small business and get a contract. We are closing down on fraud, waste and abuse. Karen Mills down small fraud business My family was in two businesses - they were in the textile business, and they were in the candy business. The conversations around the dinner table were all about the factory floor and how many machines were running and what was happening in the business. I grew up very engaged in manufacturing and as part of a family business. Karen Mills candy dinner family business The S.B.A. does not lend directly to businesses, but instead backs loans to encourage banks to invest in small businesses as part of a nearly $90 billion portfolio. Karen Mills portfolio encourage does small
