How Expert Coaching Drives Small Business Growth

TAP CEO Jane Veron shares insights from the 2025 Year in Review. Learn how combining capital with expert coaching helps small businesses scale and succeed. 2/5/2026

Year in Review Report Cover for 2025 featuring a grid of small business owners

Why Capital Alone Is Not Enough for Small Business Growth

Capital alone does not drive sustainable small business growth, and this blog highlights how expert coaching, loan readiness, and proactive planning help business owners turn funding into lasting impact. 1/22/2026

TAP CEO Jane Veron speaks with Elizabeth Gore of Hello Allice

Touchd Medical Spa: Scaling a Thriving Storefront with TAP

How Touchd Medical Spa partnered with TAP to build the systems, strategy, and structure to unlock growth and confidently expand into a thriving storefront.

Clarity Before Growth: Setting Business Goals for 2026

Learn how SMART goals give small business owners the structure and clarity needed to grow, secure funding, and stay focused amid daily demands. 1/15/2026.

A small business owner setting financial goals with a pen and paper

Why Year-End Giving Sets Up Small Businesses for 2026

ear-end giving shapes what comes next. Learn how TAP’s timely support and expert guidance help under-resourced small business owners grow with confidence. 12/30/2025

Strategic Clarity: Stepping Back to Move Forward

Real momentum starts with clarity. TAP CEO Jane Veron shares how small business owners can gain perspective, get unstuck, and drive sustainable growth. 12/18/2025

TAP CEO Jane Veron stands with a group of small restaurant owners at Scarsdale Business Alliance's annual "Dine the 'Dale" event.

Beyond Transactions: Measuring Donor and Partner ROI

TAP’s work is creating powerful momentum. From a ten to one SROI to rapidly expanding AI education programs, this post shows how donor and partner investments are multiplying impact and opening new pathways for small business owners nationwide. 12/9/2025

TAP CEO Jane Veron Named Chair of Jobs & Economy Task Force

TAP CEO Jane Veron will lead Rep. George Latimer's new Task Force on Jobs & Economy, advising on small business, labor, and economic development. 12/04/2025.

Jane Veron and U.S. Representative George Latimer (NY-16) with others at her appointment to Chair of the newly created Citizen Task Force on Jobs and the Economy

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Spring for Small Business® - April 16, 2026

Spring for Small Business® was The Acceleration Project’s signature benefit, an inspiring evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and connection at Level 10 in the Starrett-Lehigh Building. The event brought together leaders from finance, philanthropy, and the small business community to celebrate impact, entrepreneurship, and the small business owners driving local economies forward.

TAP was honored to recognize Matt Nord, Co-Head of Private Equity and Head of Hybrid at Apollo, for his leadership and commitment to economic empowerment, and to present TAP’s 3rd Annual Small Business Owner of the Year Award to an exceptional TAP client.

Although the event has passed, the opportunity to support its mission continues. Contributions are still being accepted through May 15 to help TAP launch the journey forward for small business owners nationwide.

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Fall for Small Business – October 8, 2025

TAP's Be the Catalyst event brought together our team, consultants, and partners for an evening centered on purpose and possibility.

Elizabeth Gore, Co-founder & President of Hello Alice , reflected on how entrepreneurship creates both opportunity and resilience and how TAP's guidance complements capital.

TAP CEO Jane Veron moderated a fireside chat with two inspiring business owners and past clients Dr. Justin Vaidyan of Arise Physical Therapy and Margaret Barrow of It's Nola.

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