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3C’s Boston Roundtable: We’ve Got Our Heads (And Storage) in the “Cloud”
This week, Senator Warren’s Regional Director Ariel Vega Jr. joined from the Boston area for a roundtable luncheon on the positive impact of digital tools, platforms and marketplaces for local small businesses. Led by 3C’s own Rob Ellsworth and Small Business Roundtable Co-Executive Director John Stanford, conversation hit on a variety of opportunities and challenges…
Celebrating Black-Owned Businesses’ Success Stories (Part I)
Black-owned businesses are breaking barriers and creating small business success stories every day. The number of Black-owned businesses in the U.S. increased by 34.6% from 1.9 million in 2007 to 2.6 million in 2012, with women leading the charge. Women account for 58.8% of Black-owned small business owners – the only racial or ethnic group with…
3C’s Austin Roundtable: Digital Tools’ Accurate Advertising Makes For #SmallBiz Success
The second of our small business roundtable events – this time at Capital Factory in Austin, Texas – was a hit for small business owners and digital tools alike. Over a dozen small business owners and leaders from the Austin area joined staff from Senator John Cornyn’s office, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office, the Small Business…
Data Privacy In 2020: If You Collect It, Protect It
With 2020 off to a bumpy start with the California Consumer Privacy Act, small businesses are feeling the pressure to comply with increasingly complicated and burdensome data privacy regulations. Limited financial resources and unintentional violations could cost small businesses millions. So, on days like Data Privacy Day, it’s more important than ever to stay brushed…
3C’s Tampa Roundtable: Identifying #SmallBiz Digital Barriers & Benefits
Some 85% of small businesses cite digital tools as critical to their success – and attendees at 3C’s roundtable event in Tampa, FL echoed that sentiment. Joined by staff from Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen. Rick Scott’s offices, small business owners and leaders from the Tampa Bay area shared stories about the role of digital…
Supporting Main Street Through Access to Digital Tools
Starting and running a small business is easier and less expensive than ever before. Digital tools and services have made once expensive business operations like building a website, advertising, and processing payments affordable and routine. Because these digital tools are easy to use, a baker or a mechanic on Main Street can expand their customer…
4 Digital Trends To Help Your #SmallBiz Thrive In 2020
A new decade means new opportunities, new challenges and, for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), a seemingly endless array of digital tools, platforms, and services to help bolster and grow their businesses. We scoured the web for lists, guides, and predictions to help you decide which digital tools will best set up your small business…
Big Opportunities for Small Businesses on Amazon
Proponents of antitrust action in the technology sector like to frame the debate as a battle of big versus little, but the realities of e-commerce life on Amazon expose the flaw in that thinking. One of the biggest tech companies in the world has invested much of its innovative energy into building an ecosystem that…
