A playbook for small business growth and success

America’s community of almost 30 million small businesses is incredibly diverse. From manufacturing suppliers and distributors to Main Street shops and tech companies, you collectively drive job creation, innovation and our nation’s competitiveness. Quite simply, your success is America’s success. Yet in the COVID economy, the challenges you face are numerous — and daunting.

Drawing on her leadership at the U.S. Small Business Administration during the Great Recession, and on years of experience as a venture capitalist and private equity investor, Karen Mills will share a playbook to help you successfully tackle these challenges head on. As you convene your suppliers, distributors, franchisees and members, learn how to get (1) the money, (2) the customers and (3) the skilled workforce you need to grow and succeed.

Recalibrate: How to succeed in this business climate

Opportunity is more widely available than ever, and someone is going to win — why shouldn’t it be you?

Geoff Colvin has an important message for CEOs, gleaned from 40 years at Fortune: the companies who win most often have leaders who summon the courage to act in spite of great uncertainty. Stop protecting the past and start inventing the future. And do it faster than the competition. Winning in business today demands extraordinary leadership acting on the best intelligence it can find.

As a business leader, you’re facing your biggest challenges ever. Geoff will arm you with insights to lead your organization into the future, connecting the dots to provide an unparalleled update on the economic, political, technological and competitive forces driving business disruption — and opportunity.