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Government Grants for Small Business Startups: Finding and Applying for Them

Board Effect

Government grants for small business startups are plentiful if you know where to look for them. We’ll go through what a business government grant for startups is, how it differs from a business loan, and give you some good information about finding and applying for a government business grant. What Is a Government Business Grant?

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Small Business Grants: The Facts and The Fiction

Up and Running

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). SBIR grants for R&D businesses. SBIR is a federal program, overseen by the U.S.

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Small Business Grants: The Facts and The Fiction

Up and Running

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). SBIR grants for R&D businesses. SBIR is a federal program, overseen by the U.S.

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

Steve Blank

The show follows the journeys of founders who share what it takes to build a startup – from restaurants to rocket scientists, to online gifts to online groceries and more. Javier explained how the SBA helps drive entrepreneurship in the U.S.: Entrepreneurship stretches from Main Street to Silicon Valley, from startups to big companies.

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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. photo: Erin Kinney.