small.news: Anniversary Edition A Year of small.news: Catching Up With 6 Small Business Owners We’ve Featured small.storiesBy Kekeletso Nkele, small.news Assistant One year ago, small.news set out to tell the stories of small business owners building something worth paying attention to. A year later, we went back to ask those who have been featured what’s changed since, and the updates ranged from new milestones and pivots to hard-won lessons about growth itself. From accounting to events production to sustainability consulting to Indigenous cultural tourism, these are the small businesses that kept building, adapting, and showing up. Make sure to catch up with Humairaa Moola of HM Accounting & Business Solutions, Diego & Francisco Palma of Sportrade, Ernest Baldwin of EZ Wrapping, Quyen Mai of Reaching Out Vietnam, Petal Joseph Roberts of i3 Green Consultants Ltd., and Talaysay Campo of Talaysay Tours. Read More → Top Stories What Small Business Leaders Have Been Building on This Past Year small.worldBy Kekeletso Nkele, small.news Assistant For the small.news Anniversary, we caught up with some of the small business leaders across the globe who have been changing the small business industry. From rebuilding earthquake-affected communities in Turkey to reshaping how we measure small business growth in the United States, we heard back from several leaders on what they are building now. Make sure to catch up with Adnan Akdemir, CEO of AFM Venture Funds; Sabaa Quao, President of PlusCo Venture Studio; Alexandra Rosen, Global Head of GoDaddy’s Small Business Research Lab; and CK Japheth, Founder of Innovation Village. Read More → The Strongest Small Business Decisions Made Since The Launch of small.news small.deskBy Sierra Campbell, Director of Brand & Content at Silver Lining Since the launch of small.news in September 2025, the strongest small business decisions made were mostly on tax relief and simplification. The United States, for example, made the 20% small-business deduction permanent, while South Africa doubled its VAT-registration threshold to R2.3m, Nigeria zeroed out company income tax for smaller firms, and Ireland cut hospitality VAT to 9%. Read More → The Toughest Blows Dealt To Small Businesses Since The Launch of small.news small.deskBy Kekeletso Nkele, small.news Assistant Since the launch of small.news in September 2025, small business owners around the world have faced their share of setbacks. In the United States, optimism slid to a six-month low as owners reported weaker sales and a persistent labor shortage. Australian retailers were undercut by SHEIN and Temu, UK small business owners were pushed toward costly alternative lenders as banks pulled back. Read More → 6 Pieces of Advice Every Small Business Owner Needs to Hear small.adviceBy Kekeletso Nkele, small.news Assistant For this year’s small.news anniversary, we are exploring small business owners’ toughest questions about time, money, accountability, and the slow, unglamorous work of actually growing a business. From Silver Lining’s Ask Me Anything series, here are the six pieces of advice worth revisiting from our Silver Lining team members. Read More → small.laughs By Dave Zaboski Disclaimer: All resemblances to any persons, living or dead, are purely coincidental and in no way meant to intentionally hurt anyone’s feelings. Keep Laughing → The Small Business Opinions That Made Us Stop and Think This Past Year small.opinionsBy Kekeletso Nkele, small.news Assistant “Over the past year, small business owners have written candidly about the parts of small business ownership that don’t usually make it into pitch decks—the funding gaps, the compliance mazes, the burnout, the bias.” – Kekeletso Nkele We Asked Small Business Leaders: ‘If You Had A Magic Silver Wand, What’s 1 Thing You Would Do For All Small Businesses?’ small.talkBy Sierra Campbell, Director of Brand & Content at Silver Lining Over the past year of small.news, Silver Lining’s Founder & CEO, Carissa Reiniger, has interviewed small business leaders and owners and has asked each of them the same question. “If you had a Magic Silver Wand, and you could wave it, and you could make one thing true for every single small business owner in the world, what would you use your Magic Silver Wand for?” Here are the profound responses she received: Read More → Thank You To Our Founding Sponsors!