Colorado Small Business Owner Highlight

The retail industry has always been part of Allison Orr’s life, so it’s not surprising that she eventually came to own a retail business. Now, in the midst of a global pandemic, this experience has enabled her to turn her brick-and-mortar boutique into an online store to safely serve her community.

Colorado Events

jueves, febrero 20, 2025 | 4:00pm PT

Join Small Business Majority, Start Small and Davis Polk & Wardwell for a webinar on commercial leasing basics for small businesses and entrepreneurs.

Workshop | National
miércoles, febrero 26, 2025 | 8:30am MT

Join Center for Community Wealth Building, Good Business Colorado, Rocky Mountain MicroFinance Institute, and Small Business Majority for our 2025 Entrepreneur Day of Action!

Presentation | Denver, CO
miércoles, febrero 26, 2025 | 12:30am ET / 9:30am PT

In honor of Black History Month, Small Business Majority is spotlighting the success of its African American network members who will share their journeys to success.

Workshop | National

Colorado Policy

Browse our latest state-based regulatory comments and legislative testimony in this area below, or click the button to view all records.
viernes, enero 24, 2025

Small Business Majority has created a comprehensive state policy agenda to ensure entrepreneurship is at the center of a thriving and inclusive economy in Colorado. The state’s more than 715,00 small businesses employ 1.1 million people, accounting for 99.5% of all businesses in Colorado.

lunes, abril 1, 2024

On April 1, Small Business Majority's Colorado Director Lindsey Vigoda testified before the Colorado House Finance Committee on HB 24-1312, proposal to create a state income tax credit for careworkers, many of whom are small business owners and key to our economic success.

miércoles, marzo 20, 2024

On March 20, Small Business Majority's Colorado Director Lindsey Vigoda testified before the Colorado House Business Affairs and Labor Committee on SB 24-155.

martes, marzo 12, 2024

On March 12, Small Business Majority's Colorado Director, Lindsey Vigoda, testified before the Colorado House Health and Human Services Committee in support of HB 24-1223.

Colorado Research

Published:
Thu, 03/07/2024

Small Business Majority’s new poll of Colorado small business owners reveals strong support for legislative solutions that would remove barriers for justice-impacted individuals by making reforms to occupational licensing and debt-based driver’s license suspensions. These politically diverse small business owners believe these measures would enable employers to tap into an underutilized workforce and open up opportunities for entrepreneurship. 

Published:
Wed, 04/27/2022
Colorado Poll

As entrepreneurs continue to navigate business and economic challenges stemming from pandemic, Small Business Majority surveyed small business owners and operators in Colorado to assess business conditions and the rising costs of healthcare. 

Published:
Thu, 03/18/2021
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During a series of three focus groups across the state of Colorado, Small Business Majority facilitated discussions with a variety of small business owners and self-employed workers to better understand their personal experiences that could inform policy conversations regarding Medicaid expansion, healthcare costs and coverage. These roundtable discussions occurred while COVID-19 dramatically impacted business and local economies. While the pandemic’s effect was often brought up by participants, this issue brief focuses on the broader impact of Medicaid expansion and of small business owners’ experiences and observations about Medicaid expansion and health insurance.

Colorado Resources

Colorado SecureSavings es un nuevo programa estatal de ahorro para la jubilación en el lugar de trabajo creado por la Junta de Colorado SecureSavings. El programa está diseñado para ayudar a los empleadores y empleados de Colorado a establecer contribuciones de nómina automáticas a una cuenta de jubilación individual (IRA) Roth y ahorrar para el futuro. Colorado SecureSavings es un beneficio adicional que se ofrece y no tiene costo para los empleadores.

A continuación puede encontrar una descripción general de lo que las pequeñas empresas necesitan saber sobre el programa.

La Opción Colorado fue establecida por la Legislatura de Colorado para darle a la División de Seguros la habilidad de desarrollar planes de beneficios estándar. Esto permite a las pequeñas empresas comparar y escoger fácilmente el plan que sea más asequible y adecuado a través del mercado individual y de grupos pequeños.  

Los votantes de Colorado aprobaron la Proposición 18 en noviembre de 2020, abriendo el camino para un programa estatal de Seguro de Licencia Familiar y Médica (FAMLI). FAMLI permitirá que los pequeños empleadores de Colorado faciliten el acceso a licencia pagada a sus empleados cuando lo necesiten. Esto es crítico para las pequeñas empresas y sus empleados y una iniciativa bienvenida en Colorado.