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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

New tech entrepreneurs can find it difficult to surmount the onslaught of obstacles to getting a new business off the ground. How these six businesses worked with the SBA to grow. Each of the businesses listed below had help from the SBA and overcame their challenges to become success stories. iRobot — From robots to riches.

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Small Business Grants: The Facts and The Fiction

Up and Running

We’ve all seen the late night TV commercials targeted at entrepreneurs touting “free money from Uncle Sam”. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, for example, is one of the most lucrative sources of federal grants for high-tech startups or high-growth firms (more on SBIR below).

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Small Business Grants: The Facts and The Fiction

Up and Running

We’ve all seen the late night TV commercials targeted at entrepreneurs touting “free money from Uncle Sam”. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, for example, is one of the most lucrative sources of federal grants for high-tech startups or high-growth firms (more on SBIR below).

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 26: Javier Saade and Hillary Hartley

Steve Blank

The Small Business Administration and the digital services agency 18F are trying to help entrepreneurs build successful companies and the 21st century digital government. The guests on today’s Entrepreneurs are Everywhere radio show explained how they’re working to do that. Javier Saade. Joining me on the latest show were.

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Small business Congress-watch: new laws and your company

crowdSPRING Blog

This change to the Small Business Act allows the SBA to change or specify the definition of what constitutes a small business, based on the size of that business. This law will increase the SBA budget for awards to business via the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs over the next 5 years.

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We Don't Need 16 Steps to Fix the Economy

The Entrepreneurial Mind

Since over 50% of college students want to be entrepreneurs, this can limit access to the majority of these students who are not in those business schools. And their recommendation to reform immigration laws to encourage entrepreneurs to come here, or in many cases, stay here is something I have argued for a long time.

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Extending and Expanding Aid – Some Policy Ideas

VC Adventure

– We need distribution mechanisms beyond the SBA (which is overwhelmed). Expand the Existing SBIR Programs. – Rapidly execute new SBIR awards. – Congress could provide a supplemental appropriation, allocated proportionally among agencies that already participate in the SBIR program. interest rate.

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