24:1 Small Business Survey Question Title * 1. Please provide: Your Name: Your Business Name: Your Email: Question Title * 2. What type of industry does your business belong to? – Please select one Healthcare (including home health services) Education/Daycare Auto Sales, Service, or Repair Food/Restaurant/Catering Home Service Industry (Plumbing, Lawns, Heating and Cooling, etc.) Personal Services (Hair, Nails, Barber Shop, etc.) Professional Service Industry (Tax Preparation, Accounting, Legal, etc.) Retail Goods Sales (Clothing, Shoes, Hardware, Electronics, etc.) Wholesaling Business Other (please specify) Question Title * 3. How long have you been in business? - Please select one Less than 1 year 1 – 3 years 3 – 5 years 5 – 10 years 10+ years Question Title * 4. Are you a non-profit or for profit business? - Please select one Non-profit For profit Question Title * 5. Where is your business operated? - Please select one In your home Physical store-front location Office building Shared or Co-Work Space Other (please specify) Question Title * 6. How many employees do you have, not including yourself? - Please select one None 1 – 5 5 – 10 10 – 25 25 – 50 50+ Question Title * 7. What type of challenges is your business facing? - Select all that apply Legal Paperwork (Permits, Certifications, Registrations) Marketing and Promoting Using or Dealing with Technological Business Planning Bookkeeping Financing Other (please specify) Question Title * 8. Additional comments/specifics about those issues: Question Title * 9. Would information on or assistance with any of the following topics help your business? - Select all that apply. Employee safety measures Façade or building improvements Grant writing Business Credit Micro-loans Other (please specify) Question Title * 10. What would be a helpful setting to address the challenges that you are facing? - Select all that apply. Speaker seminar Hands-on workshop Open discussions or networking opportunities with other business owners Direct connection to business resources Other suggestions Question Title * 11. What are your strengths as a business owner or entrepreneur? Question Title * 12. Are you interested in becoming a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) or Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE)? (Please click here to learn more about the benefits of that business designation.) – Please select one. Interested Neutral Not Interested Question Title * 13. Would you be interested in attending a Small Business Networking Launch Event featuring food, music, and networking opportunities in November 2019? – Please select one. Interested Neutral Not Interested Question Title * 14. Are there additional questions, services, or resources that you could support your existing small business or to help you open a small business? Done