Over the last four years, Venture Forward met with hundreds of local policymakers, economic developers, researchers, and academics to share what we know about microbusinesses. This data is now freely available to you.
GoDaddy's fourth in-depth survey of online entrepreneurs is in! See the latest trends on startup revenue, ambition to grow, and awareness of access to resources.
Read the article entitled "2022 National Survey Results"A white paper based on the Milken Institute's "Best-Performing Cities Index" and microbusiness activity from the GoDaddy Venture Forward Initiative.
Read the article entitled "2022 Milken Executive Summary: Best Performing Cities: An In-Depth Study of Digital Microbusinesses"Built on decades of helping entrepreneurs succeed and backed by data of what microbusiness entrepreneurs need to grow; we're collaborating with cities on customized and free training to their microbusiness communities.
Read the article entitled "Introducing GoDaddy Open"New research leveraging the Microbusiness Activity Index suggests communities with a higher percentage of people who are struggling economically tend to have more microbusiness activity than wealthier ones. And that's good news for those communities. View findings and read the Q&A with Michelle Geiss, Co-Founder and executive director of Baltimore Impact Hub.
Read the article entitled "Americans are starting microbusinesses to overcome economic struggles"See the latest Q1 2022 microbusiness data, hear directly from policymakers using the data, and discover the latest trends in the movement of talent, online industry growth, and effects of the "Great Resignation."
Read the article entitled "Summer 2022 Venture Forward Report is Live!"
First In-Depth Review of Great Britain's Microbusinesses
Look up your county and its microbusiness and economic statistics
The 20 million online microbusinesses in the U.S. boost annual household incomes and create jobs. See how many are in your county and how they impact your local economy.
Read the article entitled "How does your community stack up?"Venture Forward is dedicated to gathering and analyzing data around microbusinesses, and leveraging those insights to support local efforts that empower the everyday entrepreneurs who own them. Our research team synthesizes Venture Forward data with U.S. Census and other third party data to reveal how microbusinesses contribute to more prosperous and resilient economies. In turn, we make our data and insights available to anyone who shares our vision for stronger, more inclusive and healthy communities.
"Our microbusiness density is three times the national average. We feature that statistic from Venture Forward on our website, and make a point of sharing it on the first day of our six-week Empower Baltimore program to help local businesses boost their digital presence. We want people to know that our city is unique – that we’ve got a lot of people with hustle, who are making things happen."
In this data-backed report, the authors leverage data from Brookings Institute, US Census, and Venture Forward in-concert to discuss the variety of benefits online microbusinesses bring to their communities, who benefits most and what those benefits are, and how policymakers can encourage the creation of more microbusinesses.
This report combines results from the Best Performing Cities Index (BPC) and GoDaddy’s Microbusiness Activity Index (MAI) to examine what may be happening in the economies of a selection of cities in the two rankings, essentially looking at the impact microbusinesses are having in the selected economies.
They’re the people who build websites, run restaurants, and offer classes online. But their impact has largely gone unnoticed. Our mission is to change that. We use data to show policy makers how microbusinesses make communities more prosperous and resilient.
Many Americans responded to the economic turbulence of recent years by starting microbusinesses. While all of these everyday entrepreneurs need to be scrappy, ambitious and optimistic, one demographic group stands out for these qualities: those under the age of 30.
How skills training and a microloan helped one woman thrive through the pandemic
