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Donnell Systems wins SBA Women-Owned Small Business certification
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Donnell Systems, the South Bend, Indiana-based developer of the OCIE information management platform, has earned Women-Owned Small Business certification from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
ImpactFactory.ai adds premium TV ad buying for small businesses
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ImpactFactory.ai has launched Version 1.7 with connected TV media placement, letting small businesses create, target and measure television campaigns across premium streaming inventory reaching 90% of U.S. households.
Small Business Expo opens free stats hub for newsroom use
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Small Business Expo is giving journalists free access to daily small business statistics, charts and survey findings drawn from its ongoing owner polls.
Christine Hopkins wins NSBA’s 2026 small business advocate award
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Christine Hopkins, president and CEO of Anchorage-based ASCI Family of Companies, was named the 2026 Lewis Shattuck Small Business Advocate of the Year by the National Small Business Association.
Small Business Expo returns to Pasadena with AI sessions and Shark Tank founders
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Los Angeles Small Business Expo comes back to the Pasadena Convention Center on Sept. 30 with more than 100 exhibitors, free admission and sessions on AI, marketing and small-business operations.
Overwatch Mission Critical’s veteran hiring push tops 200 hires
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Overwatch Mission Critical says its Anchors of Hope campaign has reached 206 hires, leaving 44 more needed to hit a 250-hire target by Veterans Day. The effort has drawn 28 companies and is tied to a broader push to connect veterans and military…
Kixik pitches an outsourced data team for small businesses
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Kixik Technologies says it can give owner-operated companies the kind of data team usually reserved for large corporations by digitally reconstructing a business from its own systems and running analysis on top of it. The company is targeting U.S….
Silver Lining kicks off small business tour in Los Angeles
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Silver Lining is launching its five-city “The Economy Is My Business Tour” in Los Angeles on Oct. 8, with Wells Fargo support lowering ticket prices and expanding access.
Silver Lining brings small business workshop tour to Dallas
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Silver Lining will stop in Dallas on Oct. 1 for a live small business growth workshop as part of a five-city national tour, with Wells Fargo support helping lower ticket costs.
38% of Small Business Website Chats Come After Hours, New Data Shows
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Small Business Chatbot analyzed 7,159 website chats from 19 U.S. small businesses and found that 38% arrived outside weekday business hours.
Crownglobe launches data-powered accounting model for small businesses
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Crownglobe Inc. has introduced a connected accounting model for U.S. small and mid-sized businesses that combines bookkeeping, payroll, tax support, dashboards and automation.
OsmO launches AI call assistants for small businesses in the U.S. and U.K.
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OsmO is rolling out Assistants by OsmO on Product Hunt on Sept. 24, giving small-business owners in the U.S., U.K. and Canada an AI phone line that answers calls, screens routine inquiries and routes urgent ones.
Boundless AI lands inside Zoho Books for small-business financing
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Boundless AI has partnered with Zoho Books and related finance apps to let U.S. and Canadian small businesses access non-dilutive capital without leaving Zoho’s workflow.
San Diego Small Business Expo returns Sept. 18 with AI, tax and networking sessions
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The San Diego Small Business Expo is back Friday at Sheraton San Diego Resort with free registration, two keynotes, more than a dozen workshops and an exhibitor hall.
EB3.Work flags persistent hiring gap as 82% of small businesses find few qualified applicants
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EB3.Work says new August 2026 small-business data and July federal job-opening figures show a continuing mismatch between open jobs and qualified applicants.
Rubin and Gephart launch Rescue America Project on U.S. debt
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Les Rubin and Cliff Gephart have launched the Rescue America Project, a public education campaign aimed at making the national debt easier for Americans to understand and harder for lawmakers to ignore.
AAA Translation lands on U.S. Chamber CO—100 list
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AAA Translation was named one of America’s Top 100 Small Businesses by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and CO—. The recognition puts the St. Louis-based company among 100 honorees chosen from more than 12,000 applicants for growth, innovation and…
The Dames adds limited day passes for Denver women’s business conference
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The Dames is opening limited single-day access to its fifth annual FunFerence in Denver, giving women entrepreneurs a cheaper, more flexible way to attend the Oct. 7-10 event.
SBPSME expands Microsoft AI cloud services for Michigan small businesses
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Small Business Partner LLC is broadening Microsoft-focused AI, cloud and cybersecurity services for small and midsize businesses in Grand Rapids and across Michigan.
CleanBucks expands into new U.S. markets this fall
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CleanBucks is rolling out a fall expansion initiative to reach aspiring cleaning business owners in additional U.S. markets.
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