Month: May 2018

Infrastructure Week offers opportunity for rural family businesses through TV white spaces

Infrastructure week provides an opportunity for lawmakers and business to come together to focus on policies that will help employers, employees, and industry as a whole. With economic prosperity being the goal of the administration, small businesses will continue to be the beneficiaries of the administration’s largely business-friendly posture. While much of the infrastructure focus has been on energy, roads, and air traffic control, we believe that one infrastructure change that will have a significant impact on family businesses in rural states is the development and deployment of rural broadband. Broadband access was…continue reading →

FBC Celebrates Small Business Week 2018

The U.S. Small Business Administration has dubbed April 29th through May 5th “Small Business Week”, and while many commemorative “weeks” are celebrated each year, this one is particularly impactful for the Family Business Coalition. Small Business Week celebrates the 30 million entrepreneurs across the country that support the vast majority of American workers. While 60% of U.S. workers are employed by small businesses, the overwhelming number of those small businesses are family owned and operated. Family businesses are America’s economic engine, accounting for nearly 78% of all new job creation. Small businesses, including…continue reading →