GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab (formerly Venture Forward) is a research initiative that quantifies the impact that 20+ million online microbusinesses have on their local economies, and provides a unique view into the attitudes, demographics, and needs of entrepreneurs.
New research from GoDaddy and UCLA Anderson Forecast finds that small business data offers earlier and stronger indication of upcoming U.S. economic performance than traditional measures such as the stock market. Last quarter's data captures digital business activity rising year-over-year.
Game on! To mark the start of the fall football season, GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) is releasing its Entrepreneurial Power Rankings, pitting 30 professional football-loving cities against each other in a battle for small business bragging rights.
Global economic uncertainty, fuelled by trade negotiations, tariff escalations, and supply chain challenges, continues to put pressure on many U.S. small businesses — particularly those with international exposure.
GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) today revealed the United States' Most Entrepreneurial Cities of 2025. The rankings demonstrate both small and large cities are driving innovation, with unexpected underdogs emerging as entrepreneurial powerhouses alongside traditional business hubs.
Nearly half of U.S. small and microbusiness owners expect the national economy to weaken in the coming months. Despite the outlook, most still believe their own businesses will grow, according to new survey data released today by GoDaddy.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already reshaping America's economy, and for the first time, GoDaddy reveals how small businesses—not only tech giants—are leading the charge with measurable job creation and local growth.
According to GoDaddy's 2024 Annual Venture Forward report, 75% of microbusiness owners who close a business don't give up, even if their efforts didn't yield a profit.
More U.S. microbusinesses are using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to grow and compete, with 50% of owners and operators recently surveyed indicating they have tried Gen AI tools in the past few months.
Entrepreneurship is booming, and online microbusinesses create jobs and lower unemployment rates across the U.S., according to new research from GoDaddy and UCLA Anderson Forecast.
According to a new report from GoDaddy's Venture Forward research initiative, Black women remain the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs, more than doubling since August 2019.
UK microbusiness owners are significantly less optimistic about their national economy and individual growth prospects than US counterparts, according to a new GoDaddy study of digital/online microbusiness owners.
New survey results from GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY), the company that helps entrepreneurs thrive, show that almost three-quarters (74%) of U.S. small business owners say their perception of the American Dream has changed.
The Q4 2022 Microbusiness Activity Index Report shows that overall microbusiness activity declined slightly after peaking in April 2022, and a single microbusiness now creates nearly 7 local jobs. The full report is now available for download on the Venture Forward site.
Small business owners recognize the vast potential of generative artificial intelligence to help them grow and some have started using it, yet many are hesitant about how best to use it.
Small business entrepreneurship is healthy in Alabama, according to an analysis of websites registered with a popular web hosting platform.
The Microbusiness Data Hub offers first-of-its-kind data and insights for use by policymakers and academics.
The Q1 2022 Microbusiness Activity Report analysis shows the level of microbusiness activity continues to remain strong and at a similar level as to the fourth quarter of 2021.
Venture Forward partnered with mySidewalk to launch an online tool that gives local and regional policymakers in the U.S. unprecedented access to information on the economic impact of over 20 million microbusinesses.
GoDaddy's Venture Forward launched a new video series, "This is Where We Stand," featuring stories from microbusinesses across the country who adapted, pivoted and pushed forward even when the odds were against them.
UCLA Anderson Forecast uses GoDaddy's Venture Forward data to develop first-of-its-kind index of microbusiness activity.
Partnership designed to foster inclusive entrepreneurship and economic development across the country.
