Kevin Varadian

Greater New York City Area, NY United States

Small Business Advocate + Rookie Dad + Brooklyn + Skateboarding

Technology / Software / Internet

I lead LinkedIn's fastest growing client base, Small Business, within our largest segment, Talent Solutions, across the Eastern and Western United States. Some interesting facts about Small Businesses (Forbes, 2013) 1) The SBA defines a small business as an enterprise having fewer than 500 employees 2) There are almost 28 million small businesses in the US and over 22 million are self employed with no additional payroll or employees (these are called nonemployers) 3) Over 50% of the working population (120 million individuals) works in a small business 4) Small businesses have generated over 65% of the net new jobs since 1995 5) Approximately 543,000 new businesses g...