Why GoDaddy is a Founding Sponsor of small. Supporting small businesses without influencing the stories we tell. Our Shared Belief: Small Businesses Matter At small.news, our mission is to make small businesses visible, understood, and supported worldwide. That mission comes to life through thoughtful storytelling, meaningful research, and partners who genuinely believe in the power of small business. That’s why GoDaddy is the first founding sponsor of small.news. GoDaddy’s mission is to empower entrepreneurs everywhere and make opportunities more inclusive. Their support helps strengthen this platform and expand the reach of small business stories globally, allowing us to invest in deeper reporting, broader perspectives, and more consistent coverage. Supporting Small Businesses at Every Stage People come to GoDaddy to name their idea, build a website and logo, sell their products and services, and accept payments, and GoDaddy works with millions of small business owners worldwide. Through tools for domains, websites, e-commerce, marketing, and security, GoDaddy focuses on making small business ownership more attainable. Whether someone is launching an idea, formalizing a business, or scaling for growth, their products are designed to meet small business owners where they are and grow with them. Just as importantly, GoDaddy invests in understanding the realities behind those small businesses and the real impact they make. Research That Deepens Understanding A key part of this partnership is GoDaddy’s Small Business Research, a multi-year, multi-country initiative dedicated to capturing online small and micro-businesses and their role in local and global economies. The Small Business Research Lab combines data, surveys, economic regressions, and real-world insight to better understand how small businesses create jobs, generate income, adapt to change, and support their communities. It highlights small business owners who are often underrepresented in traditional economic reporting, including solo founders, home-based businesses, and early-stage businesses. At small.news, we believe the strongest stories are grounded in both lived experience and credible data. GoDaddy’s commitment to making this research publicly available aligns closely with that belief. Spotlight: 2025 Annual Report From GoDaddy’s Small Business Research Lab In 2025, the GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab released its annual report, offering a comprehensive look at the state of small businesses in today’s digital economy. The report explores how microbusinesses are evolving, where they are thriving, and how they continue to shape communities across the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. It pairs economic data with insights directly from small business owners, creating a fuller picture of modern small business ownership. We encourage our readers to explore GoDaddy’s report and the broader research that informs many of the conversations that are, coincidentally, happening across small.news. Explore the 2025 Annual Report here. What Being a Founding Sponsor Means As a Founding Sponsor, GoDaddy supports the mission of small.news and helps make this platform possible. Our editorial team retains full responsibility for the stories we tell, the voices we elevate, and the perspectives we share. That independence is foundational to small.news and is respected by our partners. Sponsored content, when present, is clearly labeled, and our readers can always trust that our journalism is guided by integrity, curiosity, and accountability to small business communities. Learn more about the GoDaddy Small Business Research Lab here. A Partnership Built on Alignment This partnership works because it is rooted in shared values: – A belief that small businesses deserve visibility and respect– A commitment to research, insight, and real-world understanding– A long-term view of impact over short-term attention Both small.news and GoDaddy are contributing to a more informed, human, and nuanced conversation about small businesses globally. Our Commitment small.news exists to serve small business owners, communities, and ecosystems with honesty, care, and depth. We are grateful for partners like GoDaddy who support that work and share our belief that small businesses are essential, resilient, and worth investing in. Learn more about Silver Lining here.