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COVID-19 Second Wave: How to Prepare for Another Company Shutdown

Although many businesses across the U.S. are reopening, the pandemic is far from over. Here's how to prepare in case your business is forced to close again during a second wave of...

Consumer Sentiment Is Shifting Quickly. Here’s How Businesses Are Keeping Up

While there’s been a gradual push for companies in the martech community to open up their systems and launch lower-cost solutions designed specifically for the small and mid-size business...

Local businesses migrate online as COVID threatens traditional shopping

Chrishandia White was planning a spring 2020 grand opening of her storefront for Chandi Michelle Boutique, her casual clothing and apparel line, when the coronavirus pandemic hit...

More Lending for Small Businesses Stuck in Coronavirus Limbo

Community development financial institutions are a special breed of lender. They offer affordable loans and clear guidance to businesses that can’t get either from conventional banks. Many...

As the coronavirus pandemic hammers small business, startups learn to adapt quickly

Wei and Kim, a former venture capitalist, started working together in San Francisco in July 2019 to start Karat, a credit card company for digital creators and influencers. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit...

Israeli startup Rise.ai partners with Google to help businesses offer digital gift cards

Google has selected Rise.ai, which offers AI-driven customer re-engagement solutions, to help businesses offer digital gift cards through public listings on Google My Business...

Covid-19 Shuttered More Than 1 Million Small Businesses. Here Is How Five Survived.

Eden Park Illumination Inc. had one product to sell before Covid-19: an ultraviolet light that distinguished real diamonds from fakes. The spread of a deadly virus across the...

Lowe’s giving out COVID-19 relief grants up to $20,000 for small businesses through nonprofit LISC

Monday is the deadline to apply for small business emergency relief grants ranging from $5,000 to $20,000 from Lowe's. The nonprofit Local Initiatives Support Corporation...

Google Partners with Senator Cortez-Masto to Help Small Business Owners

Google is partnering with U.S. Senator, Catherine Cortez Masto, the Nevada Small Business Development Center and the Connected Commerce Council for Nevada to co-host...

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Op-Ed by Melissa Horvath of Sweet Water Decor: Why is Pennsylvania’s Attorney General suing one of small businesses’ best partners?

[Note: This opinion piece was initially published by the Butler Eagle on May 2, 2024.] I’m a small-business owner who employs 40 people in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, policymakers in Harrisburg and Washington, D.C., are considering new regulations that would seriously disrupt my business.  Here’s the back story. In 2014, I started a home decor business, Sweet…

Just the Facts: Debunking the FTC’s Case Against Amazon

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan loves to talk about how the federal government is taking on big bad retailer Amazon, which she says is engaging in anticompetitive trickery to maintain monopoly power. The tale of Amazon’s badness is one Khan has been peddling for nearly a decade. It’s also the basis for the…

Maine Small Business Owners Express Frustration Over Data Privacy and Protection Act

Augusta, ME (April 10, 2024): Maine small business leaders expressed concern and disappointment at the consideration of Legislative Document 1977 and House Paper 1270, legislation that would regulate how businesses collect and use data to find customers, grow, and succeed. Recognizing the bill’s good intentions, the business leaders said data collection and usage restrictions would…
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