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Sharpen your skills this holiday season with these courses from Verizon Small Business Digital Ready
As the holiday season takes off, the end of the year offers an opportunity to capture more sales and grow your clientele as shoppers look to secure gifts and other seasonal items. Ensure your business is holiday-rush ready by brushing up on your skills with these popular courses from Verizon Small Business Digital Ready, a free platform dedicated to helping small businesses grow and thrive.
Small Business Saturday, the Saturday after Thanksgiving, is a day dedicated to helping the 36.2 million small businesses across the United States gain exposure and inspiring communities to shop local. With the holiday season right around the corner, Small Business Saturday offers the perfect opportunity to boost visibility and attract new customers before the year’s end. To help you capture the momentum, here are five ways to make the most of the day.
October is National Women’s Small Business Month, a time to celebrate the more than 1 million women-owned employer firms that fuel our nation’s economy and create opportunity in their communities. To further support your growth, we’ve compiled a list of grants and business assistance opportunities to help strengthen and sustain your woman-owned small business.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) is now law, extending parts of the 2017 tax cuts while slashing over $1 trillion from programs like Medicaid and the ACA—vital to many small businesses—to fund tax breaks for the wealthy. Here’s what small business owners need to know.
From driving up costs to halting hiring, recent changes to tariff policies have left many local entrepreneurs struggling to control their overhead and plan for the future. To help you better understand tariffs and how they can impact your business, we’ve put together a short Q&A.
The United States Congress recently passed sweeping budget legislation that makes deep cuts to Medicaid and fails to extend tax credits that make healthcare premiums through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces more affordable. Without these safeguards, many small business owners and their employees will see their healthcare costs increase, and some could even be left without healthcare coverage. Here is what you need to know.
The state of California now requires that all businesses with five or more employees facilitate employee participation in CalSavers if they don’t already have a retirement plan in place. The deadline for eligible employers to register and start facilitating CalSavers is December 31, 2025. If you register and start facilitating by July 31, 2025, you’ll be entered for a chance to win $500.
May is National Asian & Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM), a time to celebrate the contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to American history and culture. To celebrate APAHM and support Asian American and Pacific Islander entrepreneurs, we’ve compiled a list of five business resources to help grow your small business.
The U.S. Small Business Administration is reinstating the Guaranty (Upfront) Fee for all 7(a) loans starting March 27, 2025. These fees, previously suspended during the pandemic, will now increase the cost of borrowing for small businesses. To help you navigate these changes and choose the right SBA loan, we've outlined the key updates you need to know.