The Connected Commerce Council (3C) and a group of small business advocates and stakeholders sent a joint letter to FTC Chairman Joe Simons today urging the FTC to include small business representatives in its series of public hearings for the Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century initiative. 3C and its co-signers ask that…
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is calling on Congress to come up with a federal privacy standard in order to preempt states from passing their own laws governing data collection. The business group released a set of privacy principles on Thursday to guide lawmakers in an effort to avoid a patchwork of state laws. “Advances…
Jake Ward, President of Connected Commerce Council, and Victoria Wise, board member of Connected Commerce Council, and founder of Madeworthy Media, sit down with Colorado Business Roundtable to discuss the upcoming inaugural event, SkillsConnect Boulder. The event takes place Thursday, August 16. Listen LIVE at 4:00 on Denver’s Money Talk 1690, or watch the livestream…
Starting your own business is a leap of faith no matter who you are, but in the digital age, building a business on your own terms is simpler and faster than ever before. Today’s digital platforms offer inexpensive ways to build a business’ operation and reach consumers. Small business owners can build complete online stores…
The Trump administration is crafting a proposal to protect Web users’ privacy, aiming to blunt global criticism that the absence of strict federal rules in the United States has enabled data mishaps at Facebook and others in Silicon Valley. Over the past month, the Commerce Department has been huddling with representatives of tech giants such…
I am a Fort Worth mom with four young children, but as a digital business owner I am an old-timer. I started my first online business more than a decade ago, and now I am running my fourth online business. I can testify to the extraordinary advances in technology that make doing business so simple…
After weeks of frantic negotiations, the California Data Privacy Protection Act officially became law in late June 2018. While the act doesn’t go into effect until January 2020, many are already wondering what the law means for companies operating in the state and their in-house legal departments. Indeed, it’s an open question how their corporate…
I work with owners of more than 700 small businesses. They have varied specialties and include marketers, life and wellness coaches, designers, developers, artists, HR specialists and operations consultants. Many of the small-business owners worked at large companies for several years before making the exciting leap to self-employment and starting a business. All were enabled…