Black Business Index - Creative Investment Research (www.creativeinvest.com)

Short Survey on Black Small Business Conditions

Short survey on the state of business.

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* 1. How would you rate the overall health of your business

Very Good

Good

Average

Poor

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* 2. How would you rate the overall health of the US economy?

Very good

Somewhat good

About average

Somewhat poor

Very poor

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* 3. How would you rate the overall health of the economy in your local area?

Very good

Somewhat good

About average

Somewhat poor

Very poor

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* 4. For the upcoming year, do you plan to increase investment in your business, invest about as much as you did last year, or reduce investment?

Increase investment

Invest about the same

Reduce investment

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* 5. How comfortable are you with your company's current cash flow situation?

Very comfortable

Somewhat comfortable

Not very comfortable

Not confortable at all

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* 6. Over the past year, would you say you have increased staff, retained the same size staff or reduced staff?

Increased staff

Retained the same size staff

Reduced staff

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* 7. In the next year, do you anticipate increasing staff, keeping the same size staff or reducing staff?

Increasing staff

Retaining the same staff

Reducing staff

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* 8. Looking forward one year, do you expect revenues to increase, decrease or stay the same?

Increase

Stay the same

Decrease

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* 9. Please let us know how many employees you have and what industry you are in.

Number of employees

Industry

Location of your business (City, State)

Ethnic group of owners (51% or more of common stock, ownership)

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* 1. How would you rate the overall health of your business

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* 2. How would you rate the overall health of the US economy?

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* 3. How would you rate the overall health of the economy in your local area?

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* 4. For the upcoming year, do you plan to increase investment in your business, invest about as much as you did last year, or reduce investment?

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* 5. How comfortable are you with your company's current cash flow situation?

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* 6. Over the past year, would you say you have increased staff, retained the same size staff or reduced staff?

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* 7. In the next year, do you anticipate increasing staff, keeping the same size staff or reducing staff?

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* 8. Looking forward one year, do you expect revenues to increase, decrease or stay the same?

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* 9. Please let us know how many employees you have and what industry you are in.

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* 10. Do you have any other comments or questions? Thank you!