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,…
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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REGISTER FOR THE MEMBERSHIP TOWN HALL March 31 at 3 PM ET 2021 represents an opportunity for responsible businesses and investors to mobilize in favor of policy solutions that ensure a transition towards a more equitable and sustainable economic model. After a year in which our country experienced a devastating…
Reform the SBA discussed on WRHI 3-24-21: Listen
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/
SC group calling for changes to the SBA
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…