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Covers:  small business funding, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, small business, entrepreneurship of all kinds
Doesn't Cover: enterprise, technology
Award-winning journalist. Owner: SmallBusinessCurrents.com. #SmallBusiness advocate, influencer, writer, author, & speaker #entrepreneurs #TikkunOlam

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Rieva Lesonsky is CEO of GrowBiz Media, a media and custom content company focusing on small business and entrepreneurship. A nationally known speaker, best-selling author and authority on entrepreneurship, Lesonsky has been covering America’s small businesses for more than 30 years.

Before co-founding GrowBiz Media in 2008, Lesonsky was the long-time Editorial Director of Entrepreneur Magazine.

Lesonsky is a nationally-known speaker, and frequent media guest. She has appeared on the Today Sh…

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Does Entrepreneurship Education Still Matter?

Does Entrepreneurship Education Still Matter?

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An Emerging Shift in Workforce Power Dynamics Could Leave SMBs With Employee Shortages

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By Rieva Lesonsky Verified
| LinkedIn
The University of Phoenix Career Institute® recently released a national workforce research study revealing that while workers appear to be “job hugging” in a cooling labor market, many are quietly using AI to build their skills, boost their confidence, and increase career mobility—potentially preparing for their next move and creating new talent retention risks for employers. It would seem that this new AI landscape we’re now living in would help employers and business owners.
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AI in the Small Business Workplace

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By Rieva Lesonsky Verified
| LinkedIn
A new study from LendingTree reveals that 19.8% of U.S. businesses have used AI in the past few weeks, and 22.8% plan to adopt it in the next six months. But there’s a widening gap in AI adoption between large corporations and small businesses, suggesting the AI revolution isn’t arriving equally.
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From the World Cup to Taylor Swift: The Economic Power of Big Events

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By Rieva Lesonsky Verified
| LinkedIn
The World Cup is in its second week, and 1.24 million international visitors are expected to descend on U.S. host cities (Los Angeles, New York/New Jersey, Dallas, Atlanta, Seattle, Miami, Houston, Philadelphia, Kansas City, and Boston) during the tournament. Small businesses in these host cities are already facing increased consumer demand. The World Cup Effect Luckily, according to new data just published by Gusto, savvy small business owners were ahead of the game.
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