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…
