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Baby Boomers - people born between 1946-1964.

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Anything engaged in the primary purpose of making a profit

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Buying Goods and Services: Every business

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Producers create the product and services used by individuals and other businesses.

Business activities start with producers.

A builder obtains lumber, cement, shingles, carpet, and paint to construct a house, factory or office building.

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Raising Capital - financial resources are needed in order for a business to operate. This is done by using financial resources to purchase buildings, hire and train new employees, and complete daily business tasks.

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In 2020 the average age of U.S. workers will be over 50 years old. This is because of “Baby Boomers” where a average of the U.S. population was born in 1946-1964.

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One type of business is a corporation. A corparation is an association of individuals, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members. They affect America today becuase we know many corporations. Just like the school that we are in today. Noblesville schools corporation is an example of a copration.

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182,000 large U.S. businesses employ 100 or more workers. Of those large companies, 890 employ 10,000 people.

An example of a large business that has 10,000 or more people working for them is Google, with 75,000.

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Service business-A service type of business provides intangible products (products with no physical form). Service type firms offer professional skills, expertise, advice, and other similar products. An example is a repair shop

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Generate new ideas. Businesses begins with new ideas. The later success of a business all comes and starts from ideas. These ideas allow that business to create better products than others and compete.

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Employing & Training Personnel: human resources are valued in all businesses because at one point or another, more people become involved in a growing company. Training happens in the beginning of their employment for the signature of the company to evolve. Later on as the company grows and changes so will the training and positions for the people. The process of growing a company begins with partners, recruiting, and hiring people to help expand the business name/product.

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Nearly 19.5 million businesses, have no employees other than the owner.

Micro businesses (1-9 employees) make up 82.3% of all businesses.

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A retailer can buy a assortment of products to sell to their customers. Companies buy a lot of products from other people to make their busniess work and grow. They might buy advertising and other things to help them grow and do better

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By 2018 nearly one half of all jobs (47 percent) in the United States will be held by women.

A wave of retirement started in 2011 as the first group of baby boomers, turned 65.

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Percents of business
Owner: 72.04 %
1-19 employees: 24.01%
20-99 employees: 3.27%
More than 100 employees: 0.67%

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6.5 million companies employ fewer then 20 people

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When a large business opens in an area, small businesses often locate around that one business to support it.

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Just over 886,000 businesses employ 20 - 100 people. This means that 3.27% of businesses have 20 - 100 employees.

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Intermediaries are businesses are involved in selling their products to consumers and other businesses. A great example is a company like Amazon that sells their products to businesses and other consumers. Retailers and wholesalers (a person or company that sells goods in large quantities at low prices) are two common examples of intermediaries. Specialized intermediaries are transportation companies like Uber, advertising agencies, storage centers, sales offices, and data processing centers.

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About 56.7 million people— 19 percent of the population — had a disability in 2010, according to a broad definition of disability, with more than half of them reporting the disability was severe, according to a comprehensive report on this population released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. This is a serious problem because people have to be paid that are unable to work and people who work have to pay for them.

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Manufacturers get supplies from other producers and make them into products

Ex: Apple manufactures phones, computers, tablets, etc.

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A business needs to train all new employees on how to do and use certain products.

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Since the 9/11 terrorist attracts a recession resulted in a loss of jobs through 2003.

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More than 60% of U.S employment is now in service producing businesses

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In 2008, 138 million people had jobs that were not held on a farm.

A mini-boom of younger workers will cause the 20 to 30 year old age group to grow faster than the overall labor force. The last time that this had happened was 25 years ago.

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A recession in 2009 resulted in a loss of more than 775 thousand jobs.

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Currently white non-Hispanic workers make up 68 percent of the workforce.

From 2003-2008 total employment grew by nearly 6 percent.