Happy National Small Business Week!

President Donald J. Trump has proclaimed September 20 through September 26, 2020, as National Small Business Week. "During National Small Business Week, we celebrate the resolve and ingenuity of American businesses, entrepreneurs, and workers. America’s small businesses are at the very core of our Nation’s identity and prosperity, and this week we pay tribute to these patriots for their contributions to our Nation’s economy and culture.  This year, as we collectively recover from an unprecedented pandemic, my Administration remains intensely focused on helping every American enterprise remain viable, recover, and once again, thrive at historic levels. Our Nation’s more than 30 million small businesses, which employ nearly half the private-sector workforce and create two-thirds of all net new jobs, are the key to propelling our economy to the prosperity levels America has enjoyed over the past 3 years. That is why, as part of our extraordinary, whole-of-government economic response to the coronavirus, we have placed the small business sector front and center. We have delivered nearly three quarters of a trillion dollars in timely, economic relief to distressed small business entrepreneurs and their employees throughout the country, including $525 billion in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, $190 billion in COVID‑19 Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), $20 billion in EIDL Advance grants, and additional healthcare funding." Read more    Join us tomorrow, September 22, as we kick off our free National Small Business Week virtual conference. The event will feature presentations by business experts, mentoring, and virtual networking all designed to help entrepreneurs retool, pivot, and come back stronger than ever before. We will also announce the National Small Business Person of the Year.  Register today Resilient and strong, small businesses take center stage this week By SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza In celebration of our American ideal that anyone, from anywhere in our great nation, can grow an idea and start a business, we kick off National Small Business Week. This year, as we all continue to navigate the economic impact and recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump Administration remains intensely focused on helping every American entrepreneur remain viable, recover, and once again, thrive at historic levels. As part of our extraordinary, whole-of government economic response to the coronavirus, this Administration has placed the small business sector front and center. We have delivered nearly three-quarters of a trillion dollars in timely, economic relief to millions of distressed small business enterprises and their employees. I am confident our nation’s more than 30 million small businesses, which employ nearly half the private-sector workforce and create two-thirds of all net new jobs, will once again propel our economy to the prosperity America has enjoyed the previous three years. Learn more

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