Q&A: Indy small business owner wins national advocacy award

Indianapolis business owner LaMar Holliday, CEO of the Holliday Collaborative Agency, received the Rising Star award from the National Small Business Association (NSBA). The award recognizes “individuals relatively new to advocacy who are making an impressive impact” according to the NSBA’s official website.Holliday sat down with the Indianapolis Recorder’s Editor-in-Chief Camike Jones to talk small business advocacy and what this award means to him.This interview has been edited for length and clarity.Camike Jones: Can you talk about how you began your involvement with the NSBA and what was your motivation to get involved?LaMar Holliday: Their mission of advocating for small businesses is the reason why I wanted to be a part of it. It really shed light on advocacy and ensuring that small businesses have the support that they need to kind of navigate laws and ordinances and regulation. As a small business owner, you’re doing everything. Not only are you providing the services of your industry, but you’re also the marketing director and the chief financial officer. So, wherever we can get support, we take that. It’s an honor that I am able to use my expertise to help those small businesses in that endeavor.Jones: What are some of...