May 24, 2023

Small Business Trends

Small Businesses - Here's How You Can Improve your Digital Marketing in the Blink of an AI

Technology is advancing at an extremely fast pace - just look at how quickly ChatGPT has become a household name. It has dominated news cycles and in only 4-5 months, it's also heightened our awareness and understanding of where, and how, artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting our lives.

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URI business professor, colleagues look at mortality and leadership succession in family business

KINGSTON, R.I. - April 19, 2023 - By 2030, more than 30% of family businesses in the U.S. will lose their aging leaders to retirement, or death. Many of those leaders don't have a strategy for letting go of their business, turning it over to a successor, or selling it.

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Council Post: 4 Ways To Increase Employee Engagement At Work

Founder & CEO of Productivity = f (Engagement) , Alp Bora talks about mining, sustainability and corporate culture. The concept of employee engagement has been around for a while. It is built around the idea that employees should have a personal connection to their employers and their work.

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Small Business Insights

Batten Down the Hatches: Fine Tune Your Small Business Plan for Any Economic Environment - ColoradoBiz Magazine

In recognition of the more than 33 million small businesses in the U.S. , we are sharing helpful best practices to fine-tune your small business plan to weather economic shifts. Interest rate changes have significant impacts on business lending.

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The Monday Morning Coffee

Communication Is the Glue That Binds a Workforce Together... Change.

Join us every week for The Alliance Monday Morning Coffee. Northeast Florida Business Alliance encourages professional working relationships, team building, and community amongst its members. by demonstrating empathy, trust, and the fostering of friendships with one another. Serving our members in Clay, Duval, Nassau, and St Johns Counties.

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Inside The Beltway

In a Win for Main Street, House Committee on Small Business Passes and Recommends Six Bills to the House of Representatives

In a Win for Main Street, House Committee on Small Business Passes and Recommends Six Bills to the House of Representatives WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Chairman Roger Williams (R-TX) led a full Committee on Small Business markup where all six bills considered were passed by committee.

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House and Senate Small Business Leaders Request Pause on SBA Lending Rule Changes Following High-Level Departure

In an unexpected turn of events, Patrick Kelley, Associate Administrator for the Office of Capital Access at the Small Business Administration (SBA), has abruptly left his position. This has led to bipartisan concern among leaders of House and Senate Small Business Committees, who have jointly penned a letter to SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman, expressing their apprehension over the implications of Kelley's departure on proposed changes to the SBA's 7(a) Loan Program.

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I Believe...

David Theus

Northeast Florida Business Alliance - Founder


Small Business is the Heartbeat of America. Independent Business Owners have decided to strike out on their own - to realize their true value, provide a better service, make a better product, and have the flexibility to work around their family's needs.


These business owners do so with the expectation of living productive, fulfilling, and meaningful lives - in pursuit of their own happiness - by owning and operating their own businesses.



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