Small Business News
Running a small business comes with its own unique challenges and opportunities. Our small business news category delivers the latest intelligence to help you stay competitive and informed. Discover trending topics, emerging best practices, policy changes, and success stories from fellow entrepreneurs navigating the small business landscape. Whether you’re launching a startup or growing an established venture, this is your source for the news and insights you need to thrive.
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NASA Announces $51 Million in Small Business Investments
Recently, the world watched as the results of a major private-public partnership took to the sky. On May 30th, the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carried two NASA astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida to the international space station. On the heels of that accomplishment, NASA has revealed the next round of companies developing tomorrow’s big breakthroughs, announcing…
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American Express Commits $200 Million to Latest Shop Small Campaign
For some time now, American Express has made its support of small businesses clear. While the credit card company’s best-known link to the small business world is their invention of Small Business Saturday — which is celebrated on the Saturday after Thanksgiving each November — their Shop Small efforts are year-round. Now, at a time…
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Square Clarifies Controversial “Reserves” Policy
Over the past several years, Square has grown into one of the most popular small business tools and enabled entrepreneurs to process payments in new ways. However this ubiquity also means that changes to their policies — such as adjustments made to their fees — are often big news and may court controversy. The latest…
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Comerica Bank Commits $1 Million to Create Black Capital Access Program
Given the current state of our country and its small businesses, one bank has revealed its plans to step up and assist one community of entrepreneurs who are among the hardest hit. Last week, Comerica Bank announced that it was partnering with the National Business League to create the Black Capital Access Program (BCAP). The…
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Online Lender Kabbage Among Largest PPP Loan Processors
For the past couple of months, the biggest story in the world of small business has been the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). This of course includes the program’s successes, failures, and controversies as well as the banks and other lenders who have stepped up to help their clients claim funds. Now one online lender,…
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Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act Adjusts Popular Program
As businesses across the country slowly begin to reopen their doors, those entrepreneurs who took out Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans are getting some new updates. For the unfamiliar, the initiative was initially introduced as part of the better known CARES Act and brought $349 billion in loans to small businesses. However, the first round of…
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Are Small Businesses Financially Ready to Reopen?
Following weeks of mandatory shelter-in-place orders that forced the closure of many “non-essential” businesses across the country, phased reopenings have begun in several states and cities. That may sound like great news for small business owners who have been unable to operate for months. However, the financial realities of reopening may complicate the decision whether…
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Survey Finds Two-Thirds of Teens Interested in Entrepreneurship
Could the coronavirus pandemic and the economic hardships that have come with it serve to discourage future business owners? According to a recent survey conducted by Junior Achievement USA and the Brian Hamilton Foundation, maybe not. The latest survey sought to discover what students aged 13 to 17 thought about entrepreneurship. What it found was that…
