Peachtree Product Team

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In case you missed the press release:

Sage North America announced today the findings of their most recent Business Minds survey of approximately 1,500 US-based small businesses. Sage North America regularly surveys small and midsized companies and organizations for their opinions on business issues.

This Sage-conducted survey was taken just after the Obama administration's March announcement of a series of proposals aimed specifically at stimulating the small business market, and serves as a follow up to a similar survey conducted in summer 2009.

Click here to see the survey results! http://www.sagespark.com/SageBusinessMinds

"Our Sage Business Minds survey findings reflect a trend of cautious optimism among small business owners," said Connie Certusi, Senior VP and GM, Small Business Accounting Solutions for Sage North America. "While they believe the end of the economic recession is near, small business owners are still looking to protect their business' future by monitoring finances more closely than ever. Sage is dedicated to helping small businesses rebound from the recession stronger than they were before the downturn. To support this we offer a portfolio of tools such as software solutions, services, and resource centers, such as SageSpark.com, that help business owners optimize their companies for growth."

Sage also launched today the Small Business Forum on SageSpark.com. The Small Business Forum serves as a place for business owners to connect and discuss current legislation and other issues; share tips and advice; and access helpful resources from Sage. http://www.sagespark.com/SageBusinessMinds. 

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On a similar note, this appeared on CSMonitor.com recently http://ht.ly/1Qc89

Though struggling, small business owners push ahead

Only 8.5 percent of entrepreneurs say that they have lost their passion for their business.

Author and blogger Barry Moltz recently conducted a survey of small business owners to find out where they are stuck or struggling in their businesses. 

Slightly more than one in four reported that everything is OK and the business is growing. The rest seem to be struggling right now -- or as Barry likes to term it, "stuck." The biggest challenges Barry identified in his survey are consistent with most of the other recent surveys. The biggest struggles are with cash flow (36.3%) and an inability to generate sales (32.5%).

One of the more interesting findings was that even with so many small business owners reporting struggles, only 8.5% said that they have lost their passion for their business.

The resiliency and fortitude of entrepreneurs shines through again!