“Thriving in the Downturn” Edited by Brett Nelson (Forbes Magazine, 13 April 13 2009) is actually a collection of six articles on six small business that are still going strong.  The common themes: they all seem to love what they do; they have niche and they’re well known (via word of mouth) within that niche; and most importantly their focus is on quality not quantity.

Which raises the question, if the majority of the country is employeed by small and mis-sized companies why is all the bailout money going to the big dogs who actually carry less of the load?