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Illinois Entrepreneur Brings Handmade Beauty Products to Customers Nationwide
After years of struggling with sensitive skin and cystic acne, Amanda Kezios set out to create the products she couldn’t find on the shelves. What started in the late ’90s as a personal wellness journey turned into a mission to build a beauty brand rooted in self-love, inclusivity, and natural ingredients. In 2003, Amanda founded…
Small Business Owners Fight Back Against Heavy-Handed Digital Mandates
SACRAMENTO, California (July 2, 2025) – Affordability continues to drive the conversation in Sacramento with more than 500 small business owners speaking out against legislation that would stifle competition and limit access to critical digital tools. Assembly Bill 566, authored by Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal (D- Long Beach), places restrictions on data-driven advertising that would make…
California’s Proposed Universal Data-Sharing Opt-Out Law Will Hurt Small Businesses
Data-powered digital tools, including ads and analytics, are key to small businesses’ growth and success. So it’s worrying that California legislators are considering a bill, AB 566, that could significantly limit data availability. AB 566 requires web browsers like Chrome and Safari to let customers opt out of all online data sharing in a single…
Ohio Entrepreneur Brings Healthy Breakfast Cereal to Customers Nationwide
After struggling with chronic fatigue for over a decade, Cleveland mom and digital marketing expert Veronica Blue finally found relief by switching to a low-carb, gluten-free diet. But she missed her favorite comfort foods — especially hot cereals like farina. Unable to find low-carb substitutes, she experimented with ingredients like almonds and flax seeds until…
Iowa Kitchenware Company Continues 77-Year Tradition of American Craftsmanship
In 1948, a small Iowa workshop began making kitchen knives from steel and aluminum no longer needed for the war effort. When the Rada family took over in the 1960s, they gave the company its current name — Rada Cutlery — and grew it into a national brand. Nearly 80 years after its founding, Rada…
Op-ed: Proposed privacy law would badly hurt small businesses like my historic tavern
Five years ago, I worked closely with then-Mayor de Blasio and the New York City Council to pull off a minor miracle: saving Woodhaven’s historic Neir’s Tavern
Commentary: Though aimed at big business, antitrust bill would hurt Main Street
In a business climate already gripped by uncertainty comes legislation that promises to dismantle monopolies and boost labor protections, but which actually takes dead aim at small New York businesses
3C Offers Comments Ahead of Closing Arguments in Google Search Remedies Trial
WASHINGTON (May 28, 2025) — Connected Commerce Council Executive Director Rob Retzlaff released the following statement ahead of closing arguments in the Google Search remedies trial. “The DOJ’s proposed remedies may be aimed at Google, but they’ll hit — and badly hurt — America’s small businesses, too. “Dismantling Google’s integrated search services would break the…
Wyoming Businessman Talks Artificial Intelligence Policy With Trump White House
When Jackson-based small business owner Kevin Deneen was tapped to help advise the White House on artificial intelligence, he wasn’t sure what to expect.
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Illinois Entrepreneur Brings Handmade Beauty Products to Customers Nationwide
Small Business Owners Fight Back Against Heavy-Handed Digital Mandates
California’s Proposed Universal Data-Sharing Opt-Out Law Will Hurt Small Businesses
