That is a departure from what has been SBN's primary role since its inception 10 years ago: to help foster and support businesses committed to the triple bottom line of people, planet, and profit.
"The switch for us is moving from reactive to proactive," Krueger-Braneky said, "and actually having recommendations that we now know would make a difference."
93,000
Number of small-business
owners in Philadelphia.
54
Percent of Philadelphia jobs created by small businesses.
$2 billion plus
Annual income of Phila.'s
small businesses
98
Percent of Phila.'s businesses with fewer than 50 employees.
27
Percent of small businesses
with two to 50 employees.
73
Percent of Phila.'s small-business owners
who are self-employed.
65
Percent of jobs in the city created by businesses
5 years old or less.
Figures based on 2008 data.
SOURCE: Sustainable Business Network's "Taking Care of Business" report.
Leanne Krueger-Braneky discusses how to keep small businesses in business at www.philly.com/business
Read the newly released report "Taking Care of Business," a look at ways to help Philadelphia's small business thrive, at www.philly.com/small
Contact staff writer Diane Mastrull
at 215-854-2466, dmastrull@phillynews.com, or @mastrud on Twitter.
