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Business Forward
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Looking to make a difference but don’t see how you can have an impact on your own? Business Forward helps tens of thousands of business leaders brief policymakers on how best to accelerate the economy and create jobs.
With the help of more than 50 of the world's most respected companies, Business Forward is making it easier for tens of thousands of business leaders from across America to advise Washington on policy issues that affect their businesses. Business Forward is active in over 100 cities and works with more than 450 senior Administration officials, Members of Congress, mayors, and governors.
www.businessfwd.org
With the help of more than 50 of the world's most respected companies, Business Forward is making it easier for tens of thousands of business leaders from across America to advise Washington on policy issues that affect their businesses. Business Forward is active in over 100 cities and works with more than 450 senior Administration officials, Members of Congress, mayors, and governors.
www.businessfwd.org
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Briefing: The most consequential economic risk of our lifetime
Oct 15, 202400:36:21Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Business Forward welcomed former U.S. Secretary of Treasury Robert Rubin and Ken Chenault, Chairman and Managing Director of General Catalyst and former Chairman and CEO of American Express, for a briefing on the damage the outcome of this election could do to America’s economy and our global competitiveness.
Transcribe →Briefing: Cost of Political Chaos
Oct 8, 202400:41:09Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Business Forward welcomed former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and Dr. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Senior Associate Dean for Leadership Studies & Lester Crown Professor in the Practice of Management at the Yale School of Management, for a briefing on our economy and the rule of law, our safe harbor advantage, and the cost of losing it due to political chaos and a reckless presidency.
Transcribe →Briefing: Labor Shortages
Jun 26, 202300:43:37Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Business Forward welcomed officials from the U.S. Departments of Education and Labor for a conversation on current labor shortages, including school staffing shortages and apprenticeship programs.
Transcribe →Small Business Briefing: White House NEC on the debt ceiling deal
Jun 1, 202300:23:06Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Business Forward, Main Street Alliance, Public Private Strategies Institute, and the U.S. Black Chambers hosted a discussion with Daniel Hornung, Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the National Economic Council (NEC) and Zach Butterworth, Former Director of Private Sector Engagement at the White House. In this conversation, we discussed the debt ceiling deal.
Transcribe →Briefing: Office of the First Lady and the U.S. Department of Education
May 26, 202300:29:50Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Business Forward welcomed officials from the Office of the First Lady and the U.S. Department of Education on workforce initiatives and how small business leaders can develop and hire local talent.
Transcribe →Briefing: Update on Debt Limit Negotiations with Former White House and Treasury Officials
May 24, 202300:30:21Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Business Forward welcomed Zach Butterworth, Former Director of Private Sector Engagement at the White House, Shuwanza Goff, Former Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs at the White House, and Ben Harris, Former Assistant Secretary of Economic Policy at the U.S. Department of Treasury for a briefing on current debt limit negotiations and why avoiding default is so important.
Transcribe →Former Treasury and White House officials on the risk of default
May 18, 202300:30:10Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Business Forward welcomed Zach Butterworth, Former Director of Private Sector Engagement at the White House, Shuwanza Goff, Former Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs at the White House, and Ben Harris, Former Assistant Secretary of Economic Policy at the U.S. Department of Treasury for a briefing on why the current debt limit negotiations and avoiding default are so important, and steps businesses can take to get involved.
Transcribe →Former Treasury and White House officials on the Debt Limit
May 12, 202300:28:54Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Business Forward welcomed Zach Butterworth, Former Director of Private Sector Engagement at the White House, Shuwanza Goff, Former Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs at the White House, and Ben Harris, Former Assistant Secretary of Economic Policy at the U.S. Department of Treasury for a briefing on why the current debt limit negotiations and avoiding default are so important, and steps businesses can take to get involved.
Transcribe →Briefing: Broadband maps and the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program
Jan 5, 202300:22:19Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Business Forward welcomed Sarah Morris, Senior Advisor at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), for a briefing on the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program, the newly announced broadband maps, upcoming NTIA priorities, and steps businesses can take to get involved.
Transcribe →Briefing: ACA Marketplace Open Enrollment with Secretary Becerra and Administrator Guzman
Dec 8, 202200:27:36Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Business Forward welcomed U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra and Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), for a briefing on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace Open Enrollment, Small Business Week of Action, and ways business leaders can get involved in ACA enrollment.
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