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National Entrepreneurship Week:
NatlEshipWeek is a congressionally chartered week dedicated to empowering entrepreneurship across the United States. The annual initiative was relaunched in 2017 at NatlEshipWeek to bring together a network of partners from Maui to Miami to educate, engage, and build equitable access to America's Entrepreneurship Ecosystem. Read the relaunch story below.
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Small Business Saturday is just around the corner.
Shop small this holiday season and support your local businesses by shopping local on Saturday, November 27th. Small Business Saturday was started in 2010 to highlight the support that small businesses provide to local communities and the economy. It is situated between Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday and is part of the kickoff to the holiday shopping season.
This is a great time to go out and support those businesses that are open in your community and reconnect with neighbors and business owners.
Here are some local events happening:
If you are a small business owner, there are resources available to help you promote your business.
Small Business Development Center of the Pikes Peak Region
American Express Small Business Saturday resources.
National Veterans Small Business is hosted by the National Small Business Administration. “National Veterans Small Business Week is a time to honor the service and celebrate the impact of our nearly 1.8 million veteran entrepreneurs who are a driving force in our economy, generating approximately $1 trillion annually and employing nearly 4 million people,” said SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman. “The SBA team is committed to providing the capital, marketplace opportunities and supportive network of Veterans Business Outreach Centers so that our veterans and military spouses can continue to do what they do best – face hardships head-on to build, innovate, and adapt their businesses to survive and thrive.”
View the list of virtual National Veterans Small Business Week events taking place across the country. Register for a free webinar and learn how you can start, grow, or expand your veteran-owned small business.
Pikes Peak Library District offers classes on a variety of topics year-round! Click on the link below to register for an upcoming Business Class: PPLD Business Classes.