Washington, D.C.— An opinion poll released today revealed that nearly 30% of women- and BIPOC-owned small businesses have benefited from some form of government-administered, demographically targeted assistance program.
Press Releases
Press Release Date:
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Survey shows that women and minority entrepreneurs are receiving critical benefits that saved their businesses from shutting down in some cases
Topic(s):
Entrepreneurship, Minority entrepreneurship, Women's Entrepreneurship
Press Release Date:
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Statement from Rachel Shanklin, Georgia Director and National Women’s Entrepreneurship Director for Small Business Majority, on a Fulton County court’s declaration that Georgia’s highly restrictive abortion ban is unenforceable
“Having recently experienced blow after blow to their reproductive autonomy, women small business owners in Georgia are grateful that Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney so forcefully rejected Georgia’s six-week abortion ban.
Topic(s):
Women's Entrepreneurship
Press Release Date:
Thursday, September 26, 2024
Statement from John Arensmeyer, Founder & CEO of Small Business Majority, on why a Kentucky district judge’s decision to partially block the U.S. Department of Transportation from allocating money to women- and minority-owned businesses has the potential to devastate disadvantaged entrepreneurs
“The recent decision out of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky to partially block the U.S. Department of Transportation from investing in women- and minority-owned businesses is a potentially devastating blow to our nation’s smallest firms, many of which are already struggling to grow their businesses.
Topic(s):
General Small Business, Minority entrepreneurship, Women's Entrepreneurship
Press Release Date:
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Organizations will work together to meet the needs of the small business community across the Great Lakes region through resources, technical assistance and events that will help more entrepreneurs access capital
Minneapolis — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Great Lakes Regional Office and Small Business Majority today signed a strategic alliance memorandum (SAM) that outlines ways in which the two organizations will work together to further support, uplift and expand entrepreneurship throughout the Great Lakes region.
Topic(s):
Access to Capital
Press Release Date:
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Small business owners view the current tax landscape as skewed in favor of big businesses, and they support changes that would establish a standard deduction on the first $25,000 in business income
Washington, D.C. — An opinion poll released today found that small business owners want lawmakers with the power to overhaul our nation’s tax code to focus on benefits that would help the smallest businesses rather than handing out the largest tax breaks to the wealthiest companies.
Topic(s):
Tax and Budget Reform
Press Release Date:
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Boston, MA, August 27, 2024 – The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and
Topic(s):
Entrepreneurship, General Small Business, Minority entrepreneurship
Press Release Date:
Thursday, August 22, 2024
Many small businesses have adopted new digital technologies that are critical to competing in the current marketplace, but implementation has been uneven since the COVID-19 pandemic
Washington, D.C. — A new research report released today reveals that a digital transformation is underway in the small business ecosystem; however, not all business owners are fully participating and many face barriers to adopting new technologies that have the power to grow their businesses.
Topic(s):
Entrepreneurship, Technological Innovation
Press Release Date:
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Statement by John Arensmeyer, Founder & CEO of Small Business Majority, in response to the U.S. District Court for Northern Texas blocking the FTC’s forthcoming ban on non-compete agreements
We are extremely disappointed that a federal judge in Texas has blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule banning non-compete agreements from taking effect on September 4.
Topic(s):
Entrepreneurship
Press Release Date:
Monday, July 15, 2024
Both organizations will collaborate on outreach events, resource development and State Small Business Credit Initiative research and collaboration to uplift minority business enterprises across the nation
Washington, D.C. — The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), the only federal agency tasked with promoting the growth and competitiveness of minority business enterprises, and Small Business Majority, a national small business organization that empowers America's diverse entrepreneurs to build a thriving and equitable economy, signed a memorandum of understanding today that outlines ways in which the two organizations will work together to further support, uplift, and expand minority business enterprises and entrepreneurship across the nation.
Topic(s):
Access to Capital, Entrepreneurship, Minority entrepreneurship
Press Release Date:
Friday, June 28, 2024
Statement from John Arensmeyer, Small Business Majority Founder & CEO, on the ramifications for small businesses stemming from the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo
“The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, which overturned decades of precedent established in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, will inject chaos, uncertainty and inconsistency into the application of federal regulations, which will ultimately harm small businesses because they depend on many regulations to help ensure that they can compete on an even playing field with the largest corporations.
Topic(s):
Regulations