Industry News – January 20, 2021

Last Chance: Apply for the James Beard Foundation Investment Fund Last fall, the Foundation launched and began fundraising for the James Beard Foundation Food and Beverage Investment Fund for Black and Indigenous Americans. The fund will provide $15,000 grants to...

Industry News – January 13, 2021

Second Round of the PPP Is Open The Small Business Administration (SBA) and Department of the Treasury re-opened the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) this week, providing critical relief to Mainstreet businesses nationwide. To promote access to capital and equitable...

Industry News – January 6, 2021

Here’s What The New Round Of PPP Loans Means For Black-Owned Businesses Only 2% of Black-owned businesses received loans as part of the CARES Act, that’s funded 4.9 million loans totaling more than $521 billion. The application process was run through commercial...

Industry News – December 16, 2020

Powering Small Business Through The Pandemic Featuring GoDaddy Forbes Contributor, MaryLee Sachs speaks to Fara Howard, CMO of GoDaddy about how the Open We Stand campaign came to be, why it is necessary and future plans for the company come 2021. Source: Forbes...

Industry News – December 9, 2020

Small Businesses Add 110,000 Jobs to U.S. Economy in November The ADP Small Business Report, produced by the ADP Research Institute in collaboration with Moody’s Analytics, tracks employment figures for private sector businesses with 49 or fewer employees. Small...

Industry News – December 2, 2020

Why Black-Owned Businesses Struggle To Get Small Business Loans Banks and other lenders must address the racial disparities in lending and expand access to credit in communities of color. Online lending solutions can be a significant piece of the solution to these...