Staples Names Kerry Small Business Champ

[rox63]

From the Worcester (MA) Business Journal: http://wbjournal.com/j/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3275&Itemid=129

Staples Names Kerry Small Business Champ

Written by Livia Gershon
Thursday, 31 January 2008

Staples, the Framingham-based office supply giant, has named U.S. Sen. John Kerry as their Small Business Champion of the Year.

Kerry, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, was recognized for helping to increase funding for small business programs, energy efficiency resources, women's business centers and military projects at small firms last year, as well as making the Transportation Security Administration's contracting process more transparent.

Staples began as a Brighton start-up in 1986 and used the Small Business Investment Company program managed by the U.S. Small Business Administration to fund its initial expansion.

[whometense]

1. That's really great.

Thanks, rox! And he sure deserves the recognition.

[ProSense]

2. That's so cool! Thanks! n/t

[Democrafty]

3. YAY!

That makes me feel better about shopping at a giant corporate entity like Staples.

(Well, that, and, Staples is really kind to small biz.)

[benny05]

4. That's neat

I remember one of the founders, Myra Hart, from her doctoral student days at Harvard Business School.



She is a very nice person.

[MarjorieG]

5. Started by the Mittens? Delicious irony.

[globalvillage]

6. Awesome. I like Staples.

I like them even better now.

:-)