The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced it will defer the time period in which small businesses need to start repaying Economy Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) in principle and interest.

The COVID-19 EIDL program has assisted over 3.7 million small businesses in this country, including nonprofit organizations, sole proprietors and independent contractors from a wide array of industries and business sectors.

We've long been advocating for entrepreneurs to start an online business, and now it's time to take your advertising online, too! On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff discusses trends and predictions in local ad sales for 2021.

Local businesses are estimated to spend $127 billion on advertising with local media in 2021, and that's up 7.3% over last year.

On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff discusses the rise of cryptocurrency as a mainstream form of payment. According to a 2020 survey by HSB, 36% of small- to medium-sized businesses in the U.S. now accept Bitcoin.

According to a provisional GroupM analysis just published by the Wall Street Journal, Google, Facebook and Amazon attracted the majority of all U.S. online ad spend in 2020. On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff breaks down the ad spend and discusses why these top three companies are winning big.

On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares results of Ring Central's 2021 State of Hybrid Work report, which found that the future of work is likely to be a combination of remote and in-office work.

On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares progress as it relates to women in venture capital and discusses the importance of diversity in the venture capital field.

On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff discusses new regulations in equity crowdfunding, which allows startups in private businesses to raise capital from the crowd. New regulations went into effect yesterday, allowing investment up to $5 million in a given year from the crowd, as opposed to the previous approximately $1 million allowed.

On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares Forbes' list of "The Worlds Best Employers," which compiled survey data from more than 160,000 full-time and part-time workers from 58 countries. 

On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff discusses Mindshare’s COVID-19 tracking study, which indicates the sentiment of American consumers, providing interesting and valuable insights.

On this morning's WJR Business Beat, Jeff shares results from a recent Digital Consumer Trends Index 2021 conducted by Cheetah Digital in conjunction with Econsultancy study on the incentives that work best to engage customers and drive sales. 

Among the study's findings: Discounts are still the biggest incentive, as well as speed of service, supreme customer service and personalization.