Small businesses form the backbone of our economy and job market. And over the past five years, they have been whipsawed by the pandemic, the rush of recovery funding [...]
Every Small Business Month, Next Street hits the road. Throughout May, you may have seen us speaking on stages, connecting at expos, celebrating milestones, and showing up in markets [...]
Next Street’s Industrial Supply Chain Forum recently brought together leaders from across economic development, public policy, and industry to explore how states, regions, and communities are advancing industrial growth, [...]
Throughout May, NXSTers will be on the road—speaking on stages, connecting at expos, celebrating milestones, and showing up in markets across the country. From coast to coast, we’ll be [...]
A Letter from Our CEO: Grounds for Optimism in 2026 Dear Friends, As we closed 2025, Next Street celebrated twenty years of building systems that work for small businesses, [...]
The past year marked Next Street’s full evolution into a technology-enabled solutions company. From the launch of digital capital marketplaces to supplier resource hubs across the county, our firm [...]
We’re excited to share the key takeaways and full-length panel videos from our recent event, Forging Ahead: Centering Small Businesses Amid Regional Change – Lessons from Los Angeles. The [...]
Last week, our team at Next Street joined economic developers from across the country at the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) Annual Conference in Detroit. In a moment when [...]
Next Street's Industrial Supply Chain Forum recently brought together public- and private-sector leaders for an event in Detroit convened ahead of Reindustrialize 2025, a key gathering of technology and [...]
The decision to come out to my loved ones at 24 was terrifying—but ultimately necessary for me to begin living a more authentic life. Still, it would take another [...]
