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What Small Businesses Can Do To Survive And Thrive During The Pandemic

YoungUpstarts

The odds were always difficult for small businesses even before the pandemic. According to the numbers published by the Small Business Administration in 2018, 20% of these enterprises fail in their first year. Scan through them and see which assistance your business may be eligible for. A Change in Attitude.

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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

However, the challenges you face are the same ones that every successful small business owner has faced and then surmounted in some way or another. It can be instructive and inspirational to hear about businesses that triumphed over adversity. How these six businesses worked with the SBA to grow.

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Funding for Women-Owned Businesses

Women Entrepreneurs Can

The following are sources of free information, training, counseling, and/or technical assistance to help women entrepreneurs start, expand, and sustain their own businesses. US Small Business Administration (SBA). Women’s Business Centers (WBC). Women-Owned Business Federal Procurement Program.

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10 Ways To Get The Capital You Need For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

In the US, you may find that the Small Business Administration (SBA) can get you infusions of cash without normal backup requirements. Negotiate an advance from a strategic partner or customer. Request a small business grant. Trade equity or services for startup help. Solicit venture capital investors.

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10 Alternative Funding Sources For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

In the US, you may find that the Small Business Administration (SBA) can get you infusions of cash without normal backup requirements. Negotiate an advance from a strategic partner or customer. Request a small business grant. Trade equity or services for startup help. Solicit venture capital investors.

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Saul Mishkin Reveals The Secret To Starting A Business As An Immigrant In America

The Startup Magazine

Opening a new business with little competition allows new markets to emerge. These markets can help improve business by partnering or attracting other clientele to the original location. Business expansion helps the overall economy and job growth. Government Grants. Opening New Markets. Increased Revenue.

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How to Get Funding from Billionaire Investor Mark Cuban and Other Stories

Up and Running

Who could you contact that might be interested in your business, even if you think they’re totally out of your league? How a law firm got funded thanks to partners that wouldn’t give up. In 2003, Ben Luftman, fresh out of law school, started Luftman, Heck & Associates, LLP, with partner, Jeremy Heck. Look to the government.

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