On Friday, April 23rd, the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce, Reimagine Main Street and business organization partners will welcome Andy Slavitt, Senior Advisor to the White House COVID-19 Response Team for a conversation about vaccines and the new paid leave tax credit that will offset the cost for…
Opinion: Business Campaign for Better Access to Capital for Black Entrepreneurs
Jacksonville Free Press April 21, 2021 By Frank Knapp Jr. and Derek Peebles In September of 2019, long before anyone had ever heard of the coronavirus, The Republican Party’s only Black U.S. Senator, Tim Scott (R-SC) announced that he had introduced the Enhancing Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century Act along with…
Small Business Survey
Small Business for America’s Future is conducting a survey to understand the needs of small business owners and the issues impacting their businesses and employees. We value your opinion and appreciate your input! We hope these survey results will empower small business owners to advocate for themselves in the months…
Door cracked open for a business approach to Santee Cooper’s future
Blog by Frank Knapp, President/CEO South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce April 19, 2021 Logic might yet prevail in the SC Senate regarding the future of Santee Cooper, the state-owned utility that provides electricity to about 2 million South Carolinians either directly or through electric cooperatives. Santee Cooper ran…
Opinion: WASHINGTON NEEDS A CZAR!
The F-Suite Magazine EMPOWERING FEMALES IN BUSINESS April 18, 2021 The SBA has a new leader, but she needs more power By Frank Knapp Jr. A month before he was sworn in as president, Joe Biden named Gina McCarthy, former EPA administrator in the Obama Administration, as his domestic climate…
Biden White House’s secret weapon on infrastructure: small businesses
Reuters April 16, 2021 By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – The Biden administration is seeking to leverage a secret weapon in its bid to get corporate America to pay for a sweeping jobs and infrastructure package: the nation’s some 30 million small businesses. The White House’s effort, previously unreported, seeks to…
Commentary: South Carolina’s best chance to fix Santee Cooper is by selling it
Post and Courier April 7, 2021 By Dana Beach If ever there were a question that reveals the wide array of ideological perspectives in South Carolina, it’s whether the state should sell its electric power company, the S.C. Public Service Authority. Santee Cooper is a veritable Rorschach test of economic…
Will SC Senate do its fiduciary obligation?
Blog by Frank Knapp, President and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce April 6, 2021 The South Carolina legislature’s effort to resolve the future of Santee Cooper continues to move at a glacial pace, years after the V.C. Summer nuclear fiasco that will cost Santee Cooper…
Minority Entrepreneurs Struggled to Get Small-Business Relief Loans
The New York Times April 4, 2021 A year after the Paycheck Protection Program started, studies show how its design hurt Black- and other minority-owned businesses. Shaundell Newsome of Small Business for America’s Future said changes were needed throughout the banking industry to improve outcomes for Black owners. By Stacy Cowley…
The Biden broadband plan—important piece to solving business startup crisis
For Immediate Release Contact: Frank Knapp Jr. 803-600-6874 fknapp@scsbc.org Columbia, SC, March 31, 2021—The nation’s 40-year low in new business startups has a number of contributing factors. The Reform the SBA campaign has recommendations addressing some of the possible issues including access to capital, especially in rural and underserved communities…