“The Vital Role of Small Businesses in Economic Growth: Exploring Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, Social Capital, and Motivations for Starting a Business”

This
week’s research topics include the importance of small businesses, comparing
business owners and entrepreneurs, social capital, and motivations for starting
a business.
Post 1: Research the following points (80 points).  Cover
each of these points as you discuss your research.  There is no order, but
your discussion should address these points in a coherent and informative way.
·       
What does your research
say about the importance of small businesses to economic growth in the United
States or any country?  What sources (by name) did you research for this
information?
·       
Compare business owner and
an entrepreneur?  Who were your sources (by name)?
·       
Explain social capital,
and why is it important?  Who were your sources (by name)?
·       
Are there many different
types of motivations behind starting a business? What would motivate you to
start a business?
·       
Identify at least one
point from this week’s video titled Financing a Business that applies to the
above topics.
Remember that research
sources are people and not web sites.  They may be writers, researchers,
or practitioners.
,The book is required. The chapters are 7,8,and 9 and I have the ebook.