small businesses

“I think there's actually like a million small businesses that are going to change hands because baby boomers are retiring right now.”

“Well, that's right, on a GDP basis, and about the same amount from an employment rate basis, so small businesses create two out of every three new jobs, so it's incredibly, incredibly powerful economic engine for the country.”

“One thing I'll go on the record on is I think there's going to be an explosion in small businesses. I think AI is actually like an extremely small business enabling technology in particular”

“32% of these businesses you're seeing, 32% of millions of businesses have a job opening, but they can't find someone who's willing to come and just work hard and show up on time.”

“I believe that in the next decade, they'll rise to four out of five, five out of six jobs.”

“The past 25 years, two out of every three jobs have been created from small businesses.”

“And we've seen a lot of folks leave Silicon Valley and start new small businesses. So start from scratch using AI and absolutely clean up shop in their towns.”

“A lot of people think of AI and they think of cost cutting and they're like, oh, we can really optimize our P and L. We can use AI, automate all these jobs, cut costs. That's not the right lens to look at small businesses. And it's not right for really one rea…”

“I think what we're seeing now, which is really exciting is this explosion of small businesses getting started. And I think that people are going to be able to spend more time on what they're truly passionate about, probably spend more time on things that direc…”

“I actually think one thing I'll go on the record on is I think there's gonna be an explosion in small businesses.”