CIC’s Small Business Intelligence

About CIC’s Small Business Intelligence

We analyze and discuss economic issues impacting small businesses, looking at the latest news headlines about the economy and addressing the all important question of ”so what’s all this mean” to you as a small business owner?

Publisher

Community Investment Corporation

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Dec 2024

Latest episode

9 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

32 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Oct 2026

   Small Business Economic Outlook (Aug 20–Sep 20, 2026): Growth Under Pressure, Selective Consumers, and Practical Moves

   Joe McCaffrey of Community Investment Corporation presents an audio summary of the CIC Small Business Economic Analysis Report covering Aug. 20–Sep. 20, 2026, based on 904 human-selected news articles across 25 categories from 67 sources and analyzed by ChatGPT, with the full report at ciclending.com.

2. 

   24 Sept 2026

   How Small Businesses Can Use AI as a Productivity Engine (and Thought Partner), Episode 26

   In this episode of Small Business Intelligence by Community Investment Corporation, hosts Joe McCaffrey and Louis Silva are joined by Matthew Krieger, CEO of Cober Inc, to discuss practical ways small businesses can use AI despite negative headlines.

3. 

   4 Sept 2026

   Small Business Economic Outlook (July 20 to August 19, 2026): The Affluent-Driven, AI-Influenced Economy Report

   Joe McCaffrey of Community Investment Corporation presents an audio summary of the CIC Small Business Economic Analysis Report covering 665 news articles from 61 sources (July 20–Aug 19, 2026), with analysis performed by ChatGPT.

Who has been a guest on CIC’s Small Business Intelligence

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Kevin Bielmeier
• Chris Ozmun
• Diane Ozmun

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 14 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

8

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51