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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Framing how this $27 billion in funding to create a national network around climate and clean energy projects should support and benefit small businesses, especially those in communities historically [...]
The Milken Institute Global Conference brings together market leaders from around the world. It’s a collection of current and former heads of state, leaders of industry, and the players [...]
Over the past 15+ years, Next Street has conducted comprehensive small business ecosystem assessments and developed recommendations for inclusive economic development in 30+ cities and regions nationally. In many [...]
Last March, I was invited to speak at the University of North Carolina’s Center for Banking and Finance annual conference. The topic was “Advancing Small Businesses to Deliver a [...]
