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…
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…
Opinion: The American Jobs Plan Will Help Small Businesses, Not Harm Them
Inside Sources, April 13, 2021 Las Vegas Sun, April 15, 2021 Culpepper Star Exponent (Culpepper, VA), April 15, 2021 The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA), April 15, 2021 By Frank Knapp Jr. President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan (AJP) is an important step forward for small businesses by providing a clear,…
Santee Cooper topic of WHRI’s Straight Talk–Listen
Frank Knapp of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce on Monday joined Manning Kimmel for his Straight Talk on Rock Hill’s WHRI to discuss Santee Cooper. Listen Here.
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…
Small Business Group Applauds the President’s Proposed American Jobs Plan Providing Investment & Leveling the Playing Field for Job Creators Across the Country
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Conan Knoll conan@emccommunications.com (831) 524-6764 Statement by Frank Knapp, Co-Chair of Small Business for America’s Future and President and CEO of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce on the Proposed American Jobs Plan Washington, D.C., March. 31, 2021—The Biden Administrations’ American Jobs Plan…
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PSC rules against utility, allows public to speak at solar rate hearing
Lexington County Chronicle March 22, 2021 By Jerry Bellune Go ahead. Speak up. State regulators say you can. The SC Public Service Commission turned Dominion Energy down Monday in its bid to silence more than 30 solar experts and owners. Dominion wants to charge its solar customers higher rates because…