Forum for Michigan Small Businesses: COVID relief package and federal paid leave.
Virtual Wall Street Green Summit
The Virtual Wall Street Green Summit is on October 9th from 11am to 1pm. ASBC CEO JeffreyHollender will be speaking at 12:00 to 12:15pm EST.
Addressing America’s Monopoly Crisis: Revitalizing Antitrust to Support Small Business and Fair Competition
Please join us for a briefing with Matt Stoller, Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project and author of Simon and Schuster’sGoliath: The hundred Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracyas we discuss the role of monopoly power in the ongoing global pandemic and its direct impact on the small business sector. The recent announcement of mounting antitrust scrutiny against Amazon, Facebook, and Google underscores the importance of understanding corporate power and the need to empower small businesses in America to fight back against economic concentration.
These past few months have laid bare the structural disadvantages that smaller businesses face. Congress’s misguided reliance on large financial institutions to provide the infrastructure to expediently distribute economic relief to small businesses — while large institutions are supported by the Fed — demonstrates just how ill-equipped we are as a country to support dynamic, competitive markets in which small businesses can start and thrive.
For decades, policymakers on both the left and the right have failed to protect markets across the economy from monopolization, but there is emerging momentum for beginning to do so. Join us for a conversation with Matt Stoller to discuss policymakers’ role in ensuring markets are open and fair and a political context that is increasingly ripe for abandoning decades of deference to monopoly.
Matt Stolleris the Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project. He is the author of the Simon and Schuster bookGoliath: The Hundred Year War Between Monopoly Power and Democracy, which Business Insider called “one of the year’s best books on how to rethink capitalism and improve the economy.†David Cicilline, Chairman of the House Antitrust Subcommittee, has called Stoller’s work “an inspiration.†Stoller is a former policy advisor to the Senate Budget Committee.
He also worked for a member of the Financial Services Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives during the financial crisis. While a staffer, he wrote a provision of law mandating a third party audit of the Federal Reserve’s emergency lending activities. He also helped cut part of a $20 billion subsidy to large financial institutions. His 2012 law review article on the foreclosure crisis,TheHousing Crash and the End of American Citizenship, predicted the rise of autocratic political forces, and his 2016 Atlantic article,How the Democrats Killed their Populist Soul, helped inspire the new anti-monopoly movement. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, Fast Company, Foreign Policy, the Guardian, Vice, The American Conservative, and the Baffler. Stoller writes the monopoly-focused newsletter Big with tens of thousands of subscribers.
Preparing for “After†– Legal Strategies for the New Normal
In this webinar, we’ll look at some of the most important legal issues that entrepreneurs and investors should be paying attention to now as they plan for the next several months. It’s clear that social enterprises, on the whole, are faring better than their competitors in the current downturn because of better employment practices and more loyal customers. We’ll cover strategies that can help your business continue to prioritize the health and well-being of your employees and stakeholders as we move into the next phase of the pandemic.
Topics we’ll cover include various loan programs that are currently available, business interruption insurance, real estate and lease renegotiation strategies, contract issues and claims, and ongoing disaster relief philanthropy. We’ll also discuss reopening strategies, including compliance with government orders, social distancing and workplace safety issues, payroll, PPP forgiveness, continued accommodation of remote workers, and other re-staffing and employment matters.
Speakers:
Allen Bromberger is nationally recognized for his groundbreaking work on the development of non-profit and for-profit legal structures that support the simultaneous pursuit of financial and social goals. Through his 35 years of legal practice, as author of The Art of Social Enterprise, and as a frequent speaker about the intersection of business and philanthropy, Allen has been at the forefront of the fourth sector and social enterprise movements that have risen to prominence in recent years. Allen’s ambition is to build legal support for social benefit that will thrive for years to come.
Aligned with her values, Carly Leinheiser has spent the last decade practicing corporate and tax law with a particular focus on advising non-profit organizations and mission-driven businesses. Her advice is rooted in a deep understanding of the unique legal and business needs of organizations and companies that seek to maximize both social impact and financial returns. While practicing law can be adversarial, Carly encourages a culture of compassion and understanding whenever possible.
StartingGood Virtual Summit 2020
The #StartingGood Virtual Summit 2020 is a free virtual summit for social entrepreneurs and aspiring social innovators, where over a period of 2 weeks 30+ inspiring leaders in social innovation will speak and share their knowledge, journey and advice, with the aim of inspiring and empowering people to start doing good. The goal is to accelerate the growth of the social business sector by creating a space where leaders can share what they have learned and aspiring social entrepreneurs can easily access inspiring stories and practical advice to help them get started.
Local Economies for the 21st Century
AMIBA National Conference
This 2.5-day conference will provide an interactive format for idea-sharing, skill-sharpening, and movement building. AMIBA is harnessing our decades of expertise, and gathering movement leaders in one place, as we embark in a fresh direction to strengthen our collective impact and individual communities. ASBC President David Levine is a keynote speaker.
ISSP Fireside Chat
Please join this Fireside Chat with ASBC CEO Jeffrey Hollender. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/282243757
Business Survival Tactics During Coronavirus
You are invited to[] join us for an interactive webinar onBusiness Survival Tactics During Coronavirushosted by Social Venture Circle in partnership with ASBC, Wednesday, March 25, 2-3:30pm ET. This webinar is free and open to all.
Josh Knauer,JumpScaleCo-Founder and Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, will provide expertise on business crisis management, having successfully led two companies to successful exits through several economic recessions, 9/11 and the H1N1 pandemic.
Web Event With SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza
SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza will hold a live web event on COVID-19’s economic impacts and the SBA’s targeted relief efforts for the nation’s small businesses.
Administrator Carranza and officials from the SBA’s Office of Disaster Assistance will discuss the economic relief efforts underway and resources available to small business owners.
NEMOA Spring 2020 Summit
We are excited to announce that ASBC Co-Founder, CEO & Board Chair Jeffrey Hollender, will be joining the NEMOA Spring Summit in Boston this March as a keynote speaker. The event will be held at the Boston Park Plaza hotel on March 18-20th.
NEMOA (National Etailing & Mailing Organization of America) is one of the nation’s most active multichannel merchant associations dedicated exclusively to the catalog/multichannel industry. The summit promises to help harness the power of print and digital marketing, offering real-world case studies and actionable takeaways. The Summit presents the industry’s top experts speaking about marketing, creative, data, ecommerce and more.
Jeffrey will be joined by John McDonnell, the CMO of Tito’s Handcrafted Vodka along with Jackie Ardrey, President of Grandin Road, Dan Hetzer, Creative Director of Lands End and many others.
Consider joining Jeffrey at this event to hear what he has to say about YOUR BRAND’S ROLE IN BUILDING A MORE SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY.
