Small businesses want things streamlined, and one of the great successes we’re having is less paperwork, faster turnaround times. Karen Mills Read Quote
We see entrepreneurship and small businesses and supply chains as a critical part of the economic growth and competitiveness agenda. Karen Mills Read Quote
We are not going to be the agency where large businesses can masquerade as a small business and get a contract. We are closing down on fraud, waste and abuse. Karen Mills Read Quote
One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program. Karen Mills Read Quote
We spend a great deal of our energy making sure that small businesses have help in navigating to the outcomes that they want. Karen Mills Read Quote
I saw the S.B.A. with just enormous potential, and that’s what I told the president – this is really a jewel. Karen Mills Read Quote
In October 2008, when the credit crunch hit, small businesses were really crushed by the lack of capital. Karen Mills Read Quote
We are very much engaged across the government, very much engaged in streamlining and simplifying our activities with borrowers and lenders, because that saves time and saves costs and we believe we can do that while maintaining the same or increased levels of oversight and risk management. Karen Mills Read Quote
As I’ve traveled around the country, it has surprised me how many times I’ve heard people in small businesses use that word ‘saved.’ I believe many small businesses would not have had access to credit and would not have survived without the $50 billion that we were able to put into the market. Karen Mills Read Quote
The morale when I came in was not the best. It was because the agency had not been valued. Karen Mills Read Quote
