Please join Small Business Majority and My 1 Hour Office as we host a listening session to hear directly from small business owners in rural areas about what matters most, what’s working well, what challenges they are facing, what could make things better, and wh
Colorado Small Business Owner Highlight
Sweet Action Ice Cream is a socially conscious Denver ice cream shop that serves unique sweet treats and has an even sweeter mission of giving a helping hand to the community.
Originally from New York City, Sweet Action Ice Cream owners Chia and Sam Basinger are no strangers to the foodservice industry. Both have backgrounds working in restaurants, and when they decided to make their move to Denver in 2007, those experiences helped them to build what is now today a very successful ice cream shop.
Colorado Events
Thursday, September 16, 2021 |
5:30pm MT
Presentation |
Walsenburg, CO
Friday, September 17, 2021 |
1:00pm ET
Webinar |
National
Join professionals from the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) Office of Chief Counsel and Small Business Majority as we discuss the tax credit and how you can take advantage of it as a small business owner.
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 |
2:00pm ET/11:00am PT
Coalition Meeting |
National
Since 2005, Small Business Majority has empowered America's diverse entrepreneurs to build a thriving and equitable economy. Partnerships are the cornerstone of our model, enabling us to work across non-traditional sectors and better connect with our target communities.
Thursday, September 23, 2021 |
12:00pm - 1:00pm PT
Expo/Fair |
National
La Feria is the #1 career fair for Latin and Hispanic professionals in the nation!
Colorado Policy
Browse our latest state-based regulatory comments and legislative testimony in this area below, or click the button to view all records.
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Thursday, September 2, 2021
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Colorado Research
Published:
Thu, 03/18/2021
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.
Published:
Thu, 03/28/2019
The Colorado state legislature is considering a bill that would make Colorado the seventh state in the country to establish a program guaranteeing access to paid leave to care for a newborn child or a sick family member. Small business owners and their employees are particularly affected by the current lack of access to paid family leave as many small businesses can’t afford to offer robust benefits, putting them at a disadvantage with their larger counterparts. Small business has been central to ongoing debates over the legislation, and new polling sheds light on their views on the proposal and their struggles to offer access to paid family and medical leave benefits.
Published:
Thu, 12/15/2016
On December 15, Small Business Majority released a new scientific opinion poll that found a majority of Colorado small businesses believe business owners should not be allowed to deny services to LGBT individuals based on the owner’s religious beliefs, including for wedding-related services.
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