MODERN TOOLS FOR MAIN STREET
PayPal Pay Later
In support of Main Street modernization, PayPal is offering small businesses with revenue-boosting tools like PayPal Pay Later. Help boost sales and average order values when you offer the flexibility of PayPal Pay Later installment payments everywhere shoppers browse, shop, and check out.
THE COUNTDOWN TO
LOS ANGELES IS ON!
Nominate your own business, or a business who embodies the essence of the American Dream, to be one of 100 awardees invited to join a Main Street Rising tour stop near you. Beyond the event, this national tour offers so much more. Awardees receive:
- Exclusive invitation to an interactive Main Street Rising tour stop in a city near you
- Live coaching from AI and small business experts from Google, PayPal, and more
- Personalized AI advisory tools built for your business
- 6-Week AI-Powered Growth Accelerator
- Exclusive peer founder circle in your city
- $5,000+ in premium software, coaching and swag
- Spotlight recognition in local and national press as a rising business shaping the future
This is not theory.
This is the upgrade that moves your business forward now.
Nominate yourself or a small business you love to join the Los Angeles cohort. Applications close in:
5 CITIES: ONE GOAL
Main Street is rising, and you could be leading it.
Small business has always been the heart of America, but the tools that drive modern growth haven’t always been built for Main Street.
The Main Street Rising Tour changes that.
We’re bringing the next generation of AI-enabled business tools, insider tips, and insights to the people who actually build the economy: founders, owners, doers, grinders, and dreamers like you.
Because when Main Street rises, we all rise.
Los Angeles • Houston • Miami •
New York • Washington, DC
Los Angeles
FEBRUARY 2026
LA is where creativity collides with hustle. Founders don’t just build companies here, they build movements. From Hollywood storytellers to next-gen tech innovators, the city thrives on reinvention and rewards anyone bold enough to think bigger than the 405.
Houston
APRIL 2026
Houston is the city of moonshots: scrappy, resilient, wildly diverse, and obsessed with solving real problems. It’s a city where founders bootstrap, experiment, and scale without the ego, backed by one of the strongest small-business ecosystems in the country.
Miami
JUNE 2026
Miami is a heat-seeking missile for innovation. It's fast, global, and unapologetically ambitious. With its Latin heartbeat and fintech-meets-culture vibe, it’s become a launchpad where entrepreneurs grow quickly and go international even faster.
New York City
OCTOBER 2026
New York runs on founder energy, and the city rewards grit, speed, and ideas that dare to take up space. Every block is its own ecosystem, and entrepreneurs here shape culture as much as they shape companies.
Washington, DC
NOVEMBER 2026
DC is where mission-driven founders thrive—policy, innovation, and community converge in a way no other city can match. Entrepreneurs here build with purpose, tapping into a civic-minded ecosystem that turns ideas into impact.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
"When you put AI in the hands of Main Street, you don’t just level the playing field; you hand every entrepreneur the megaphone they’ve deserved all along."
Carolyn Rodz: CEO, Hello Alice
“AI on Main Street gives every small business a team of advocates, advisors and barrier-breakers in their back pocket.”
Elizabeth Gore: President, Hello Alice
Pick the city of your preference, regardless of when you apply!
APPLY TO JOIN THE TOUR
Each tour stop lays the foundation for how grow your business faster utilizing AI, from improving cash flow to acquiring customers faster. Learn how to:
- Use AI prompts to simplify daily decisions
- Create marketing that actually converts
- Make smarter financial moves with confidence
- Automate time-wasting tasks, so you can grow
- Build systems that scale your business (not your stress)
No tech jargon.
No overwhelm.
Just tools that work.
WHO TO NOMINATE
The Main Street Rising Tour is for the builders. Nominate a business if it is:
- Based in the United States
- For profit business
- Fully operational
- Positioned for scalable growth
You can nominate yourself or another business owner you believe in.
JOIN THE MOVEMENT
AI isn’t here to replace the heart of Main Street.
It’s here to protect it. To give owners back their time, grow their margins, protect their peace of mind, and turn uncertainty into clarity.
This is the beginning of a new era of Main Street.
One where small does not mean limited.
One where local does not mean left behind.
One where the everyday entrepreneur finally has the tools of the giant.
And if you’re on this journey, part of this community, then you aren’t just preparing for the future.
You’re building it.
Main Street is rising.
And we rise together.
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