Every year since 1963, the President of the United States has issued a proclamation announcing National Small Business Week, which recognizes the critical contributions of America's entrepreneurs and small business owners. More than half of Americans either own or work for a small business, and they create about two out of every three new jobs in the U.S. each year.

The Small Business Administration kicked off this year's Small Business week, held May 12-16, 2014 with an event at Twitter's headquarters in San Francisco and brought together leaders from the small business, government, consumer and high-tech communities to raise awareness for small business across the nation. (Read more...)