The Global Small Business Blog. Small Business Success Index Highlights. Executive Summary Competitiveness slips. As stated in the Introduction, the overall health of small business is unchanged since June 2010, and remains a “C-”, compared to a solid “C” just over a year ago. More businesses than ever are now classified as “failing” in competitive health based on their individual index score – the share of failing small businesses is now 28%, compared to 19% two years ago just at the onset of the recession. Marketing and Innovation, one of the most important dimensions contributing to competitiveness, experienced a significant drop in performance. This area slipped from a “C-” a year ago to a solid “D” by June, and remains at this level as of January. The free small business wiki resource. The Ultimate Small Business Twitter List. Twitter, which allows you to broadcast text messages up to 140 characters in length, is fast becoming the place where a lot of information is being shared online.
I’m finding it to be an excellent source of information by, about and for small businesses. So I set out to create a list of the people and organizations to consider following on Twitter if you want to keep your finger on the pulse of small businesses.