It struck me over Christmas that I really don't like the term 'small business'. In some way, it somehow manages to come across as like a parent talking to their child - 'there there, it's ok - you're a small business'. Bite me.
When you think that FPDI has shipped so far to over 20 countries - in that regard, it's not 'small' at all. In fact, if you roll together all the jobs that are maintained by 'small business', surely that makes all of us a huge force economically.
Banks particularly piss me off. "Oh, you'd like a small business loan?". No, I'd like a loan for my globally active business - thanks very much. Then there's that whole sham about how small business are such a risk for banks. Yeah, like Ford isn't losing billions each month along with most of the other North American car manufacturers. Yeah - 'big' business is sooooo much more secure, honorable and righteous - give me a break.
FPDI - so far as I'm concerned has a global mindset and that makes me a 'big' business trapped in the body of a single individual, but a worldwide player none the less. OK, sure - I don't have the production capability of a massive shop, but 'small business' sounds like I'm content to only work with people who are right on my doorstep and that's really not true at all.
Maybe this is just ego talking and if it is well I really don't think there is much harm in having aspirations of where you'd like to see your Company go.
...anyway, that's my thoughts on the subject >:)
2 comments:
Right on the nose.
I face this constantly. Everyone I know has $5K-$20K overdraft protection / lines of credit on their personal accounts. Not me, being a "small business" owner, can't get/have that. And on a business account they won't do anything less than $250,000. We are considered to be lower than the lowest of criminals in the financial world. Pisses me off weekly.
A million dollars seems to be the magic number. Well, you know what? If I was doing $1M, I wouldn't be a "small business".
Well, it's a big thorn with me too, right in my you-know-what.
I hear you :) If only I could condense all that sentiment down into a particularly catch and infectious bumpersticker ;)
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