Read the article entitled “Can Miami Hold its Microbusiness Crown?”
During the depths of the pandemic, Miami emerged as fertile ground for one of the few shoots of good economic news: a boom in people starting their own microbusinesses – in particular, people who had responded to the lockdown by relocating to warmer, often lower cost locales.
Read the article entitled “Can Miami Hold its Microbusiness Crown?”
GoDaddy’s in-depth annual survey of online entrepreneurs shows increasing diversity by gender, race, and economic circumstance. Here’s what they had to say.
Read the article entitled “Fall 2022 National Survey Results”
Powerful. Uplifting. Encouraging. Incredible. These, among many others, are words I would use to describe the GoDaddy Open event in Baltimore.
Read the article entitled “GoDaddy Open: A Recap From Our Evening in Baltimore”
See how many microbusinesses your county has and how they impact your economy.
Black women have started nearly 20% of microbusinesses since the pandemic began, three times their share of the U.S. population. And in-spite of facing disproportional odds, 92% of surveyed Black female founders were more optimistic about the next 3 months, compared to 72% of other founders who were surveyed.
Read the article entitled “Black Women are Leaders in the Microbusiness Boom”
The COVID-19 pandemic delivered a massive shock to America’s workers – one result of this was a burst of microbusiness startups. But because microbusiness patterns of growth vary from state to state and community to community, local economic development officials need to understand these entrepreneurs in order to help them succeed.
Read the article entitled “Brookings: Microbusinesses boomed during the pandemic. Now, local leaders need to support them.”
In 2022 Venture Forward, GoDaddy’s research initiative launched several new metrics available for download on our website. One of these, the Microbusiness Activity Index, assess how connected and active the community is in terms of online business activity. Using this metric, we’ve uncovered some important relationships between how robust an online microbusiness community is, and the economic outcomes in their respective communities.
Read the article entitled “Microbusiness Activity Index Q2 2022 Update: Top Gainers ”
While an influx of people increases economic activity, attracting newcomers gives an extra economic kick as these newcomers tend to create new microbusinesses.
Read the article entitled “Newcomers from the COVID Migration Don’t Just Bring Themselves: They Build More Microbusinesses”
With more than 2.8 million online microbusinesses launching just last year in the U.S., now is the time to consider policies to target the entrepreneurs’ specific needs.
Read the article entitled “Boston Globe: The .boston Effect”
New data shows how shifting to e-commerce helped businesses survive the economic fallout from COVID-19
A helping hand from government and better networking could further their success.
Read the article entitled “Americans are Starting Microbusinesses to Overcome Economic Struggles”
Government programs can be effective, but only if entrepreneurs know about them. Hundreds of cities across the country offer programs […]
Read the article entitled “Tackling the Awareness Gap Between Small Businesses and City Hall”