The Saturday after Thanksgiving, November 29th, the national spotlight will turn on an often overlooked engine of our country’s economic growth: small businesses. Small businesses, or those with less than 500 employees, now comprise 99% of all U.S. employer firms. Over 23 million strong, small businesses is a sector of our economy that continues to grow rapidly. According to the Small Business Association, small businesses have created over 8 million jobs since 1990 and now a