For those of you who might have missed it, today's Wall Street Journal

(Page R1) reports some important numbers which we believe confirm that

decision makers in every sector (business [ big and small], government,

higher education, not-for profits) should consider even greater support of

the economic engine referred to as "small business". The numbers are

attributed by the WSJ to "Accelerating Job Creation in America: The Promise

of High Impact Companies", Corporate Research board, LLC for the SBA" and

include the following:

-       "Just 6.3% of companies in the U.S.-almost all small firms-created

all net jobs between 1994 and 2008";

-       "These firms created 10.7 million jobs in very four-year period

studied from 1994-2008";

-       "As a whole, they also delivered more productivity than other

companies, as measured by revenue per employee";

Just some developments we see through our lens at TheGoldGroup, LLC are: 

a) governments at all levels focusing on "targeted" business incubation and

support of entrepreneurs; b) big business starting internal "incubators" to

commercialize/ monetize research and development investment; c) universities

and colleges are looking to step up their coupling of resources with

business and government to support small and large business growth--to

produce a stream of revenue and educational opportunities.

Question: is there a role ( additional roles) for your organization in these

opportunities?