“Ten years ago when Dan Blue was speaker, he had $125,000 and everybody thought it was an outrage. Today, Speaker Black has over a million dollars, and no one thinks it's an outrage. It's gotten that competitive.”
“We have a longer window to get it right. We sketch out scenes and can see how they work before we commit to them. And we can go back and fiddle with them.”
“We are upping the number of free Barclays 'Lets Talk Business Ideas' and 'Lets Talk Starting a Business' seminars from 300 to 500 around the country from this spring, to provide crucial tips and advice, as more than 380,000 people are likely to start a business this year.”