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Management

Calix | February 17, 2023

On February 16, 2023, Calix, Inc. announced that its award-winning Calix Support Cloud now provides expanded capabilities to assist broadband service providers (BSPs) in delivering exceptional experiences to small business subscribers. As a result, BSP support teams can now leverage the same platform and management solution they employ to serve their community and residential subscribers (such as schools) to deliver an exceptional experience to small businesses simply and efficiently. ...

Industry Outlook

Everlane Equity Partners | February 19, 2022

Everlane Equity Partners ("Everlane") today announced a strategic investment in demandDrive, LLC and Data Fuel, LLC (collectively "demandDrive" or the "Company"), a provider of sales development and lead generation services. Everlane is a Boston-based private equity firm focused on partnerships with growing service companies. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts with approximately 175 employees, demandDrive offers sales and marketing enablement ser...

Business Strategy

Klarna | July 16, 2021

Klarna, which is a leading global retail bank, payments, and shopping service, announced the first group to receive grants from the recently launched Klarna Small Business Impact Initiative that will help SMBs recover from a loss of business due to pandemic. Recipients will receive a share of $4.5 million in Klarna services, including one year of fee-free payments and $40,000 in free media that will increase marketing exposure across Klarna's ecosystem. Over the next few weeks...

Gallup News | February 06, 2020

Small-business owners' business optimism has softened slightly but continues to be strong. The latest quarterly Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index is 132, down from +142 in Q4, 2019, but similar to the +136 in Q3 and +129 recorded in Q2. The index is a measure of owners' present and future optimism -- both of which saw modest declines in the Jan. 3-10 survey. The Small Business Index measures small-business owners' attitudes about a wide variety of factors affecting their busine...