Small Business News

| Los Angeles Times

John Arensmeyer, founder of the Small Business Majority, said reducing Su’s nomination to a battle of business versus labor misses the mark.

| The White House

And that’s why Julie was unanimously con- — confirmed as a Deputy Secretary of Labor. Let’s not forget: She actually went through this process before. It was done by all Senate Democrats at that time.


And so, that’s why Julie’s nomination has been endorsed by a range of business groups. I’ll list them out for you right now — from business — from Small Business Majority.

| Auto Finance News

Coinciding with the extension, FTC chair Lina Khan reiterated why the regulator wants this rule during a speech at an event hosted by the Small Business Majority.


“At the FTC, we’re charged with promoting fair competition. An essential part of that is ensuring that small businesses and entrepreneurs have a fair shot in the marketplace. In practice, that means addressing business practices that prevent small businesses from thriving, impede new entrants, and enable dominant firms to maintain their power in unfair ways,” Khan began in her prepared remarks.

| The Capitol Forum

From prepared remarks of FTC Chair Lina Khan at an April 13 Small Business Majority event on noncompete agreements (video). The group released research showing that 59 percent of small businesses surveyed back an FTC proposal to ban most noncompete agreements.

| Chicago Sun Times

A common reality for small businesses is thinking you’re paying one price for your loan, and instead realizing, sometimes too late, that your actual Annual Percentage Rate (APR) is in fact in the triple digits.

| Crain's Chicago Business

Small businesses across Illinois continue to face challenges hiring and retaining a ready workforce. While a recent poll from Small Business Majority revealed that 66% of our state’s small-business owners are likely to hire employees over the next several months, more than half feel challenged when seeking quality candidates.

| Associated Press

Companies that have existing lines of credit are seeing interest rates increase. James Carron, who operates Flatirons Pharmaceuticals, in Longmont, Colorado, has seen rates increase for his line of credit that’s about $150,000.

| Triple Pundit

“Enacting policies that help us tap into a larger pool of candidates only makes sense,” said John Arensmeyer, founder and CEO of Small Business Majority, which conducted the survey, in a statement.

| The Denver Gazette

Small Business Majority's Colorado Director Lindsey Vigoda moderated the conversation between Bronson Kandel, co-owner and general manager of Farm to Truck and Millette Birhanemaskel, owner of Whittier Cafe — Denver's only African espresso bar.

| Inland Empire Business Journal

Women entrepreneurs have driven new business growth and job creation for the past two decades. And despite having to navigate a shecession in 2020, women persisted.

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