The Small Business Administration (SBA) & Public Private Strategies Institute (PPSI) are providing several educational opportunities for you to learn more about programs that will help your business get back on track. This is part of an effort to ensure that American small businesses know about the many resources to help their business grow and […]
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Sun Port Charlotte May 14, 2021 By NANCY J. SEMON, Staff Writer If Frank Knapp, Jr. has his way, the Biden administration will budget more money for small businesses and give out more loans to entrepreneurs in underserved communities. “The SBA (Small Business Administration) is broken,” Knapp said when he visited the area as part
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Herald-Tribune (Sarasota, FL) May 10, 2021 By Frank Knapp Jr. I recently had the great pleasure of visiting Sarasota as I drove around Florida talking to the media. In addition to the wonderful weather, the core of the city was vibrant; coffee shops and restaurants were bustling with customers. These and other locally owned small
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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 Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar. The
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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 czar. Her role is to
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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 Southern Bancorp is a lender
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March 24, 2021 Reform the SBA was the subject on WRHI’s Palmetto Mornings radio show in Rock Hill, SC. Hosts Lucas McFadden and Patti Mercer talked with Frank Knapp, campaign coordinator and CEO of the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce. Listen here: https://reformthesba.com/wrhi-interview-on-reforming-the-sba-3-24-21/
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Greenwood Index-Journal March 23, 2021 By JAMES HICKS A South Carolina business advocacy group is calling for changes at the Small Business Administration. “SBA needs to have a bigger mission,” said Frank Knapp, president and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce. His organization launched a nationwide campaign called Reform the SBA.
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March 23, 2021 Listen to WRNN’s Dave Priest and Leanne Graham of Myrtle Beach, SC, discuss the Reform the SBA campaign with Frank Knapp of the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce and coordinator of the campaign. Listen here: https://reformthesba.com/wrnn-myrtle-beach-interview-3-23-21/
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PRESS RELEASE Contact: Frank Knapp Jr. 803-600-6874 fknapp@scsbc.org Policy recommendation: More of the same Columbia, SC, March 23, 2021—The number of commercial banks has decreased 68% since 1980. Only 4,600 banks exist today because “many smaller sized banks have disappeared during this period, via mergers or failures” according to a report released this month by
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