create a home-grown shift in confidence from inside the business community. the atlanta business chronicle created the campaign, to encourage every business to hire at least 1 new employee, and they see that as peer pressure to grow. more companies following suit, as they see their business colleagues expand. >> it is very simple. some of the best ideas are simple. >> in three months, 1,000 companies joined the campaign and almost 9,000 people are now back to work thanks to a positive economic outlook created by hire one atlanta. >> the incentive is to change what is a half-empty mind set to a half-full one, realizing, a lot of companies that are indeed still hiring people. even in a down economy. >> i think the whole economy, the country and the world have been focused on this notion of stabilization. for the last two to three years, and i think everybody has to kick it back into high gear and think forward. >> she went on to say when you