At the start of 2021, the US business climate was still in a challenging place, particularly for small businesses. Despite this, 68% of small businesses are confident their business will continue in the next 6 months according to Facebook's 2021 State of Small Business Report. Through a series of conversations with small business owners and the organizations supporting their growth, AWForward: Small Businesses #Deservetobefound will highlight tangible tools and resources that small businesses can harness to breakthrough this crucial time of recovery - because your ideas #DeservetobeFound.
								
									
			
						
							
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																						Ammiel  Manevich
																																		CEO and founder
																																		Amazonica
																					
									
								 
							 
																																																	
																																																	
								
									
									
										
																						Brandi Pitts
																																		Director, Global Head of Partnerships Digital Marketing
																																		Facebook
																					
									
								 
							 
																																																	
								
									
									
										
																						Derrell Noris
																																		Owner & CEO
																																		Fresh Tech Solutionz
																					
									
								 
							 
																																																	
								
									
									
										
																						Duncan Bird
																																		Vice President of Brand Marketing & Digital
																																		Fiverr
																					
									
								 
							 
																																																	
								
									
									
										
																						Katie Weber
																																		Senior Vice President of Financial Services
																																		Wall Street Journal Barron's Group
																					
									
								 
							 
																																																	
								
									
									
										
																						Maya Bogle
																																		Co-Founder
																																		Talenthouse
																					
									
								 
							 
																																																	
								
									
									
										
																						Meera Krishna
																																		Product Marketing Lead, Responsibility & Privacy
																																		Facebook
																					
									
								 
							 
																																																	
								
									
									
										
																						Niani Tolbert
																																		Founder & CEO
																																		#HIREBLACK
																					
									
								 
							 
																																																	
								
									
									
										
																						Perla Tamez
																																		National Hub Director
																																		Hispanic Star
																					
									
								 
							 
																																																	
																																																	
								
									
									
										
																						Rusty Sutton
																																		Founder & Co-Owner
																																		The Green Monkey