Houston Entrepreneurs Confident About Year-End Revenue, Planning for Growth
(WorldNews Entertainment)

The majority of Houston-area small business owners anticipate a strong finish to 2017, with 87 percent reporting confidence that their year-end revenue will exceed that of 2016, according to the , a semiannual survey of 1,000 business owners across the country and in the greater Houston area. The survey was conducted in August and September, with half of the responses registered before Hurricane Harvey and half completed in the weeks following the storm. Confidence in 2017 revenues decreased only slightly among those responding post-hurricane. Economic optimism is also on the rise, with half of Houston entrepreneurs believing the national economy will improve over the next 12 months, an...