young thing. and that is what william emery decided to do. going to be 30 bucks, guys. i m passionate about food and just supporting local economies and the american economy that, you know, it was just like it was a no brainer to go into food. william got his start when a chanter in his life came to an end. in 2009 i worked at a financial data provider and they laid me off. and outsourced all of our positions. he took his passion for food and created his own dream job. home by the range. everything is local, fresh. local, flesh. farm to table. farm to table. where did the money come from? i have no money. basically i was on unemployment for two years. i was applying to jobs. i have personal credit cards and $14,000 in my 40 is kaye. and you are using that? yes, correct.
engine of growth and job creation. in fact, for the past 15 years, small business has generated 64% of all new jobs. geri willis met up with some of the ambitious entrepreneurs. a big world and i suggest you go explore it. even in these challenging economic times i m bullish on small business. meet torrey johnson. hi, how are you? author of spark and hustle. entrepreneur and self-made millionaire. she tours across the country encouraging people to start their own business. i have watched countless people sit in the ranks of the long-term unemployed as they sort of do all the right things to try to find a job and yet an opportunity for them simply doesn t come along. i watched people say you know what, not going to go work for somebody else. i m finally going to doomy young thing. and that is what william emery decided to do.
going to be 30 bucks, guys. i m passionate about food and just supporting local economies and the american economy that, you know, it was just like it was a no brainer to go into food. william got his start when a chanter in his life came to an end. in 2009 i worked at a financial data provider and they laid me off. and outsourced all of our positions. he took his passion for food and created his own dream job. home by the range. everything is local, fresh. local, flesh. farm to table. farm to table. where did the money come from? i have no money. basically i was on unemployment for two years. i was applying to jobs. i have personal credit cards and $14,000 in my 40 is kaye. and you are using that? yes, correct. and, yep, i have been using that ever since. how is it going, lou?
young thing. and that is what william emery decided to do. going to be 30 bucks, guys. i m passionate about food and just supporting local economies and the american economy that, you know, it was just like it was a no brainer to go into food. william got his start when a chanter in his life came to an end. in 2009 i worked at a financial data provider and they laid me off. and outsourced all of our positions. he took his passion for food and created his own dream job. home by the range. everything is local, fresh. local, flesh. farm to table. farm to table. where did the money come from? i have no money. basically i was on unemployment for two years. i was applying to jobs. i have personal credit cards and $14,000 in my 40 is kaye. and you are using that? yes, correct.
point at times. it is great that i can eat my own food, too, with the business. so that you are always fed. always fed. william is not the only one who has caught the startup fever. mike whalen founder of heart of america a company that employs is encourages and directs young people to have a successful career. date, 38% os are under the age of 27. mike s businesses are thriving. he hasn t felt the sting of bad times like the rest of the country. we are doing two major hotel projects with restaurants. we ramping two major hotels and ready to start on the third with a page are retail project and hoping to get a couple more going. it is chaos and the model is keep the chaos going. a lot of these businesses require a lot of young people you have a huge number of young people working for you. i always say give me energy and enthusiasm. i don t care about experience. whalen is fully invested in his young workers.