The phrase "a small private firm" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a business that is not publicly traded and has a limited size or scale.
Example: "She decided to work for a small private firm instead of a large corporation to have a more personalized work environment."
Alternatives: "a modest private company" or "a little private business."
Leaving defense, Alan formed a small private firm concentrating in the representation of injured parties, putting his experience of defending against claims to the benefit of people injured by the negligence of others.
But perhaps the biggest factor of all is that, if SpaceX is successful, it will be a demonstration of the idea that a small private firm can do something that has, until now, been the preserve of nation-states.In one sense, private space flight is nothing new.
One-third of CitiFinancial's business is in home mortgages for customers like Santosh Chalke, who earns $100 a month driving a car for Petroplus, a small private firm that markets petroleum products.
Only one non-profit trader and one relatively small private firm refused to be interviewed.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13 — California prosecutors looking into the Hewlett-Packard spying case are focusing in part on a small private investigation firm in suburban Boston, operating out of a yellow house with black shutters in a quiet neighborhood.
He is also a director of Keyspan Energy and a director of a small private financial firm run by a Michael.
On these excursions, Egan also took along Michael O'Donovan, a retired police captain and the head of a small private security firm, who has worked in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Iraq, El Salvador, and Israel.
"Suddenly, overnight, people said, "Oh, my God, this could be my drinking water,"' recalled Mr. Smith, who was working at a small private law firm at the time.
But there is an alternative way to encourage an equity culture in the region: direct private investment in unlisted companies.Horizonte Venture Management, a small private equity firm in Slovenia, has had two investment failures.
This financing round is expected to be led by Suhail Rizvi, the head of Rizvi Traverse Management, a small private equity firm that has made investments in Twitter and Playboy, these people added.
He emerged from the war with a number of bravery medals, including a distinguished flying cross, and eventually retired from the navy as a four-stripe captain, to set up a small private charter firm.
