Small Business News

| Stacker

According to the Small Business Majority, Georgia's 1.2 million small businesses equal 99.6 percent of all businesses in the state, employing nearly half of all Georgia employees.

| Chicago Sun-Times

Small Business Majority research has found that a majority (68%) of small business owners support automatically enrolling employees who lack access to an employer-sponsored plan into a state-administered retirement program and agree these programs will help to close the state’s vast retirement savings gap.

| Radio Bilingüe

Small Business Majority se unió a Radio Bilingüe para compartir información sobre cómo identificar y solicitar subvenciones para las pequeñas empresas.

| Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

“Small Business Majority was proud to partner with CalOSBA, leading state chambers of commerce, and diverse small business organizations across California to field and share data essential to making sure the voices of BIPOC entrepreneurs are heard,” said Josaline Cuesta, California Program Director for Small Business Majority.

| Desert Sun

The team chose Beacon Economics as research lead and Small Business Majority to lead a roster of community-based partners, and to collect data directly from California businesses and business organizations. “The State of Diverse Businesses in California” is the result.

| Veterans Chamber of Commerce

In this episode, Dali Rovera sits down with Small Business Majority's Jessica Anguiano and small business owner Cesar Chacon to discuss the organization's dedication to supporting Hispanic-owned and operated businesses during Hispanic Heritage Month.

| Kisoko Magazine

Catherean Mitchell, cofundadora y propietaria de Mitchells Transport, dijo que como propietaria de una pequeña empresa aplaude la decisión del gobernador de firmar la SB 616 porque se preocupo por la salud y el bienestar de su personal.

| Bizwomen

Awesta Sarkash, public policy director at Small Business Majority, said institutional changes are needed to even the odds. “I think there’s an awareness of more female entrepreneurs out there and the need to get capital out the door,” Sarkash said. “But if the standards are out of reach and not realistic, and also there is a preference toward male-owned small businesses, the gap won’t change, and it’s just going to get bigger.”

| Eater SF

Bianca Blomquist, the Northern California outreach director for the Small Business Majority, is using Malibu’s tale in a Senate hearing about predatory lending as it impacts Black Americans. This year, the organization’s agenda prioritized BIPOC owners accessing capital, like extending the impacts of the Small Business Lending Disclosure and Broker Regulation Act.

| Richmond Times-Dispatch

Small Business Majority research has shown that most small business owners need affordable and accessible child care to thrive.

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