Ep. 65 | Brian Pifer Vice President of Programs & Research for Small Business Majority | March 2022

This episode of Small Biz Florida features a great interview with the Small Business Majority. Small Business Majority is a national small business organization that empowers America's diverse entrepreneurs to build a thriving and equitable economy. We engage our network of more than 85,000 small businesses and 1,500 business and other partner organizations to advocate for public policy solutions and deliver resources to entrepreneurs that promote equitable small business growth.

In this episode, Tom Kindred, who serves as the Regional Director for the Small Business Development Center at Indian River State College and serves as the Host for Small Biz Florida, interviewed V.P of Programs & Research Brian Pifer. He and Host Tom Kindred talk about Starting and Growing a Small Business in 2022. They cover topics such as the "Great Resignation," Side Hustle Culture, and much more. Listen to this episode to learn what you can do today to start building your very own business. 

Brian oversees Small Business Majority's Entrepreneurship Program and Venturize platform, which delivers crucial education and resources to entrepreneurs seeking to start and grow their businesses. He builds partnerships with organizations that serve small business owners, manages content development for Small Business Majority's educational programming, and oversees the development of Venturize, the nation's one-stop hub for entrepreneurs, including the website's MatchFinder tool, which connects small business owners to mission-driven lending partners.

Brian also leads the organization's research activities, including ongoing surveys of its vast network of business owners, national opinion polling, small business owner focus groups, and external and economic data analysis. He helps collect and monitor organizational impact data and metrics.

Brian has a journalism background, including writing and editing stories about local small businesses for an award-winning daily newspaper. He also led a regional desk that handles editing and layout for more than a dozen newspapers across Northern California.