A unique, diverse small business can be a benefit to your local community. Since they offer other products, foods, and services that are not usually common to the area, it can draw in tourists who are looking for something amazing when visiting the area. Even when the tourists go back home, the small business can still continue to attract people from neighboring communities.
Supporting small businesses is good for your health for two reasons. One, it gets you out of the house. Two, when you buy local, you have easy access to fresh food that is chemical and pesticide free.
A marketplace of tens of thousands of small businesses is the best way to ensure innovation and low prices over the long-term. A multitude of small businesses, each selecting products based not on a national sales plan but on their own interests and the needs of their local customers, guarantees a much broader range of product choices.
The next generation needs to be inspired by the small businesses and success stories today. With each thriving small business or successful entrepreneur they hear about or see, entrepreneurship is becoming more attractive to them. We want the next generation to look at entrepreneurship as a viable career option, and it's this generation that will help them see that.