3 Things You Should Know About Small Business: Feb. 14

NEW YORK (MainStreet) -- What's happening in small business today?

1. Valentine's Day and small business. Small Business Trends has a great round-up on Valentine's Day stories related to small business, including a link to our story on how small businesses can take advantage of the holiday.

2. Lowest start-up rate on record. The second half of 2011 had the lowest start-up rate on record as the fragile economy deterred out-of-work executives from starting their own businesses, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas.