The phrase "a former small" is not correct and does not make sense in written English.
It seems to be an incomplete or incorrect expression, and it is unclear what context it is intended for.
Example: "He was a former small business owner before transitioning to a corporate role."
Alternatives: "a previous small" or "an earlier small".
"Quite frankly, once you get up to three-quarter million a year in annual payroll, as a former small business owner myself, most of them are already providing health insurance, and if they're not, they should".
He is a former small business owner and currently serves as a public trustee for a large mutual fund management company.
Max is a former small business owner who has worked as a product manager intern for the Kindle team at Amazon and has held engineering roles in industrial automation and artificial intelligence research.
"It is true there are many people from the far left, but there are also some economic liberals and centrists," says Francisco Cañero, a former small businessman and now an activist.
As in other such areas, plants in the valley have closed and industries have fled, making Allentown a former small appliance center, a former silk center, a former cement center, a former shoe-cigar-slate-and-zinc center.
In exchange, authorities allege, the McDonnells worked in concert to lend the prestige of the governor's office to Williams's struggling company, Star Scientific, a former small cigarette manufacturer that now sells dietary supplements.
Ms. Fiorina, meanwhile, cast herself as a former small-business owner who had simply lived the American dream.
Mr. Leath, a former small-town banker, was first elected to Congress in 1978 and retired in 1991.
A former small-time drug dealer and crew member, he is now a photography student and aspiring script writer.
"Like the American people, Boehner — a former small-business man — is most concerned right now about the issue of jobs," he said.
She emphasized in an interview that as a former small-business owner herself, she knew that the storm clouds were still scary.
