As we review one year of the second Trump Administration from 20th January 2025 to date and one year on as Social Impact Media Partner of the Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO), Latestsale.com’s collaboration that began at the “Leveraging Regionalism to Support Small Business Midwest Region Convening” held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on 20th November 2024, emerged with some unique findings.   Biden/Harris Small Business Lending Program Recent U.S. Government growth initiatives introduced during the 2023–2024 Biden/Harris Administration, focused on expanding lending and federal contracting opportunities for small businesses across the United States. These efforts emphasized streamlining procurement processes, to improve transparency, thus increasing access to government contracts for small enterprises. Furthermore, these milestones aimed to reduce long-standing barriers faced by minority-…

Straight after the U.S. Presidential 2024 election and with federal leadership transitioning, the coming months throughout 2026 offer a strategic window to strengthen entrepreneurship as a national growth engine. SBA research findings indicate that small businesses anchor local economies and fuel job creation with recent government data indicating that there are roughly 34.8 million small businesses in the U.S., accounting for approximately 45.9% of private-sector employment. Strengthening ties between federal offices and national entrepreneurship organizations are destined to ensure capital, technical assistance, and workforce development reach main-street firms.   AEO Small Business Midwest Region Convening launch held at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago RECAP: A highly memorable and thought-provoking Association of Enterprise Opportunity (AEO) Leveraging Regionalism to Support Small Business Midwest Region Convening held…