Love is in the air at small companies. No, we’re not just talking about the chocolate and gift shops that are swamped with last-minute Valentine’s Day shoppers. We’re talking about all the small businesses where the co-owners co-habitate. They’re the real mom and pops of American business. Almost half of small businesses that are members of the National Federation of Independent Businesses have a second family member involved, whether they’re married or fathers and daughters and sisters. Small business, those with fewer than 50 workers, account for half – and sometimes more – of total hiring most months, according to the ADP National Employment Report. They represent 43 percent of total U.S. payrolls, the Small Business Administration reports, using 500 workers as its cutoff for small.
