{"id":449,"date":"2020-11-19T07:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T07:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.godaddy.com\/ventureforward\/?p=449"},"modified":"2021-12-08T01:28:17","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T01:28:17","slug":"2020-microbusiness-resilience-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godaddy.com\/research\/2020-microbusiness-resilience-report\/","title":{"rendered":"How online microbusinesses have helped communities through the pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ventures are all around us. They\u2019re the people who build websites, sell homemade jewelry, offer cooking lessons or run a blog. And across the country, these ventures are making our economy stronger and our communities more resilient. But few policymakers have visibility into their numbers and economic impact. 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