Karen Mills Quotes
Small businesses, you can give them capital, but what they often need as much is mentoring, advice and help with their business plan.
We don't want to give a business that is not going to come through the troubled waters a loan that they can't pay back.
The morale when I came in was not the best. It was because the agency had not been valued.
Small businesses want things streamlined, and one of the great successes we're having is less paperwork, faster turnaround times.
Small businesses have told us that having cash in their pocket is one of the primary things that they need.
One of the most important things we hear is the S.B.A. needs to be ubiquitous. We do all these things, but people still don't know.
I saw the S.B.A. with just enormous potential, and that's what I told the president - this is really a jewel.
President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
In October 2008, when the credit crunch hit, small businesses were really crushed by the lack of capital.