The Alliance Center and Small Business Majority are proud to present The Best for Colorado.
Colorado Small Business Owner Highlight
Tracy duCharme does not fit the traditional profile an entrepreneur. Tracy’s background is in the arts, and her experience with illustration and graphic design inspired her to open a branch of Color Me Mine, the world's leading paint-it-yourself ceramics franchise studio chain, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Colorado Events
Tue, 02/26/2019 (All day) |
2 to 3:30pm
Presentation |
Denver, CO
Sat, 03/09/2019 (All day) |
4pm to 7:30pm
Other |
Denver, CO
Join us at BPW Denver International Women’s Day Movie Night and Advocacy PartySaturday, March 9th, 4pm, at Deb Fischer’s house.
Tue, 03/26/2019 (All day) |
9 to 10:30am
Presentation |
Denver, CO
The Best For Colorado program at The Alliance Center and Small Business Majority are proud to present a trio of panels during the spring of 2019: Past, Present and Future of Your BusinessThis panel will be the second event of our trio along the financial business journey of a
Thu, 04/18/2019 (All day) |
2 to 3:30pm
Presentation |
Denver, CO
The Best For Colorado program at The Alliance Center and Small Business Majority are proud to present a trio of panels during the spring of 2019: Past, Present and Future of Your BusinessThis panel will be last one of our event trio along the financial business journey of a bu
Colorado Policy
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 |
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Read the agenda »
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. It’s critical that state lawmakers enact policies to support and empower these entrepreneurs, guaranteeing they have access to capital to start and grow their business, affordable and quality healthcare and benefit programs that will make it easier for them to attract and retain talented employees.
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 |
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Read the testimony »
Colorado Outreach Manager Hunter Railey testified in support of legislation that would create the Early Childhood Educator Tax Credit. The hearing was called by the Colorado General Assembly Education Committee. Hunter's testimony explained how the proposed bill will benefit small businesses by increasing access to affordable, quality child care. The bill will also directly help home-based child care providers.
Colorado Research
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.
Published:
Wed, 05/04/2016
Colorado small business owners soundly reject efforts to increase the interest rates lenders can charge on certain consumer loans, and the results of a new Small Business Majority poll of state small business owners strongly suggest state legislators who support such increases would pay the price at the election booth. According to the scientific poll, an overwhelming 90% oppose allowing lenders to increase the interest they can charge on a $3,000 consumer loan from 28% a year to 30% a year and allow increases based on inflation for each subsequent year.
Published:
Wed, 08/01/2012
Small businesses account for a significant share of Colorado’s economy. For every one large business in Colorado, there are 179 small businesses diligently working to reenergize the state’s economy: Small firms make up 99% of the state’s employers. These entrepreneurs are doing everything they can to hire, grow and move their businesses and the state’s economy forward. As part of these efforts, recent scientific opinion polling shows that Colorado’s entrepreneurs want pragmatic, innovative policies that help guide them into a competitive, modern clean energy economy.
