Chicago Entrepreneurs Planning for More Growth and Hiring in 2018 Than National Counterparts
(WorldNews Entertainment)

As 2017 comes to a close, the majority of Chicago-area small business owners expect their year-end revenues to be higher than in 2016, and they are projecting that growth to continue in the year ahead. According to the , a semiannual survey of 1,000 business owners across the country and in the greater Chicago area, 73 percent of Chicago entrepreneurs are confident that their 2017 year-end revenue will exceed that of 2016. Meanwhile, 55 percent of area business owners are confident that their revenue will increase in the year ahead. While still a majority, this is a decline of 8 percentage points from last fall, when 63 percent foresaw increased revenue over the next 12 months. Despite this...