claim: says small businesses "make up 98.9 percent of all businesses in the state and employ nearly half of the state's private sector workforce" and "almost never receive a penny of government money."
author: richard corcoran
evidence_1: says small businesses "make up 98.9 percent of all businesses in the state and  employ nearly half of the state's private sector workforce" and "almost never  receive a penny of government money." — politifact florida on tuesday, april  11th, ...
evidence_2: says small businesses "make up 98.9 percent of all businesses in the state and  employ nearly half of the state's private sector workforce" and "almost never  receive a penny of government money." — politifact florida on tuesday, april  11th, ...
evidence_3: (sba) office of advocacy's 2010 edition of the small business ... surveys by  private sector organizations began to find more opti- ... the united states. ...  contributions to the american economy through self-employment .... percent.  immigrant entrepreneurship also continued to make up a ... by the second half of  the year, ...
evidence_4: population.1 as the world leader in innovation, u.s. companies have relied on  intellectual prop- ... $6.6 trillion in value added in 2014, up more than $1.5 trillion  (30 percent) from $5.06 ... supported 45.5 million jobs, about 30 percent of all  employment. ... weekly wages in non-ip-intensive industries in the private sector.
evidence_5: government initiatives to support credit access for small business . ... while  older firms are more likely to receive funding ..... source: federal reserve board,  financial accounts of the united states. ..... nearly one-half of private-sector  employment, about ..... make up 99.6 percent of all businesses, these statistics  should.