These days going into small business American is intrepid (10)
I believe the answer is:
courageous
'intrepid' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'these days going into small business american' is the wordplay.
'these days' becomes 'our age' (the age we live in).
'going into' indicates putting letters inside.
'small business' becomes 'co' (short for company; 'small' indicates a short form).
'american' becomes 'US' (United States).
'ourage' placed inside 'co' is 'courageo'.
'courageo'+'us'='COURAGEOUS'
'is' is the link.
(Another definition for courageous that I've seen is " Brave".)