Small Business Optimism Grows

More than half (55%) of entrepreneurs have an optimistic outlook on near-term business prospects, up from 45% in March 2009. One quarter (26%) report expanding opportunities for their business, up from 15% from a year ago, but six in ten (63%) do not think the worst of the U.S. economic woes are over, and nearly one in six (17%) say they risk going out of business in the next six months because of the economy.