National Small Business Week celebrates America's entrepreneurial spirit

It was 1963 when President Kennedy issued the first National Small Business Week proclamation marking the first week in May as a time to observe the critical importance that small business plays in our local and national economies. National Small Business Week (NSBW) serves as the nation's annual tribute to America's small businesses and innovative startups, the tireless engines of our economy and backbones of our communities. From Main Streets to innovation hubs, small businesses create two-thirds of net new jobs and still generate 40 percent of our nation's economic output.

Sixty-one years l...