Technology is essential for small business owners. Tech provides them with the tools and resources needed to reach new customers, lower costs, increase revenues, and drive growth. In this week’s Tech At Work, learn how technology is supporting and empowering entrepreneurs and small businesses.
How Tech is Supporting and Empowering Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses
Intuit spent $312 million to help 550 U.S.-based diverse and small businesses, support more than 4,000 new jobs, and generate $261 million in wages for women and minority-owned businesses in 2022, according to the company’s recent annual Supplier DEI report.
Grubhub announced a new $300,000 partnership to help entrepreneurs in Chicago build and grow successful businesses.
DoorDash awarded awarded 20 $10,000 grants to restaurants in New York City and New Jersey as part of its Accelerator for Local Restaurants program.
Amazon Business gave $250,000 in grants to 15 small businesses that are making an impact in communities across the U.S.
Mastercard has helped 25 million female entrepreneurs with solutions to help them grow their businesses.
Etsy’s recent Etsy Up event empowered more than 150,000 sellers with the tools and resources needed to grow and market their businesses.
Instacart is helping small business owners access features and services that help them save time, resources, and money.
Airbnb’s Entrepreneurship Academy helped more than 1,000 participants from underrepresented communities learn about hosting and supported more than 40 organizations with their existing entrepreneurship programs.
Comcast’s Mobile Made Free event is helping small business owners stay connected and keep pace with their competition.
The Grow with Google Digital Coaches program connects diverse small businesses across the country with local marketing experts and entrepreneurs who provide training and hands-on coaching to help them grow.
Visa developed a programmable finance platform to enable Small and Medium Enterprises with greater access to global capital markets, facilitate interoperability between currencies, improve operation processes, and uncover new growth opportunities.
Small business owners share how they’ve used Apple’s products and services to expand their operations and better serve their customers.
What’s New in Tech
GM Unveils Bidirectional Charging Tech for Ultium-Based EVs
GM will expand vehicle-to-home (V2H) bidirectional charging technology across its retail portfolio of Ultium-based electric vehicles (EV) by model year 2026. V2H allows EV drivers to transfer energy from their vehicles to a properly equipped home to offset electricity needs during peak demand days and mitigate the impact of power outages.
Before You Start the Weekend
TechNet President and CEO Linda Moore recently joined SiriusXM Business to discuss AI for America, TechNet’s initiative to educate Americans on how artificial intelligence is improving lives, growing our economy, and keeping us safe, the need for a federal data privacy law, and ways to strengthen America’s talent pipeline and global competitiveness. Listen here.