Celebrating Black History Month
As Black History Month comes to a close, Next Street is shining a light on the principles of self-determination and self-reliance—both of which have been essential to Black empowerment [...]
26
02, 2025
12
02, 2025
Charisse Conanan Johnson on the Crush Your Money Goals Podcast
Next Street Co-CEO Charisse Conanan Johnson recently sat down with Bernadette Joy on her Crush Your Money Goals podcast. They discuss Charisse's journey as an entrepreneur and a Wealthy [...]
28
01, 2025
12
12, 2024
America’s industrial transformation needs a Marshall Plan for small businesses and their workers
There’s broad agreement on at least one thing about this year’s election outcome: Americans want more good jobs and an affordable cost of living, especially for working families. A [...]
15
11, 2024
Women’s Entrepreneurship Day
On November 19th, Next Street celebrates Women's Entrepreneurship Day by honoring, supporting, and empowering women entrepreneurs. The day was founded 10 years ago by Wendy Diamond in response to the [...]
29
10, 2024
Women Entrepreneurs Leveraging their Female Identity in their Entrepreneurial Journey
October is National Women’s Small Business Month, a time to recognize and celebrate the remarkable contributions of women entrepreneurs and the businesses they lead. As of 2023, there are 14 [...]
15
10, 2024
Celebrating Family Businesses this Hispanic Heritage Month
As Hispanic Heritage Month comes to a close, Next Street wanted to live into our Small Business First value and recognize the contributions of Hispanic small businesses. In communities [...]
28
08, 2024
Celebrating Black Identity as an Asset this Black Business Month
Donald Jones is a Partner in Next Street's New York Office As I hope you know, the month of August is National Black Business [...]
8
08, 2024
A Primer on How to get Main Street Businesses Started with AI
We know that AI—and AI-powered tools—provide opportunities for small and medium sized businesses (SMBs). Similar to the way the internet revolutionized the way SMBs operate, AI has the [...]
6
08, 2024
How To Replicate a Proven Accelerator Model
The Center for an Urban Future recently published a new report – 5 Ideas to Expand Economic Mobility in New York City. Idea #3 is to “Replicate Cincinnati’s Minority [...]