Seven Ways 9/11 Changed Small Business Forever

A Nation Forever Changed

It's now a timeworn cliché that "everything changed" in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks. During the past 10 years since the attacks, however, life has returned to normal in many ways. As a result, we may have forgotten just how much 9/11 altered the way we live, play, travel, and do business.

That's why it's a good time to take a look back and reflect upon how 9/11 and its aftermath continue to affect the nation's small businesses. Some of these changes are subtle and easy to overlook; others are still traumatic and impossible to ignore.

Either way, most of us can agree on one thing: We'd rather live in a world where none of it had ever happened.

-- Matthew McKenzie