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10 Reasons You Don’t Qualify for an SBA Disaster Loan

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Luckily, the SBA has created a separate COVID-19 Disaster Loan, with less stringent eligibility criteria and a streamlined application process to hopefully make more funds available for more businesses. . Most banks will not issue traditional SBA loans to brand new businesses. Your business is brand new.

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Thoughts For VC Backed Companies Considering SBA/PPP Loans

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My partner Seth Levine recently put up an extremely thoughtful post titled SBA PPP Loans Aren’t for Everyone. The first is by Albert Wenger at USV titled VC Backed Startups and PPP: Do You Really Need It? The post Thoughts For VC Backed Companies Considering SBA/PPP Loans appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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How to Write an SBA Business Plan — SBA Template and Checklist

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Applying for an SBA loan for your business requires preparation. For most SBA loans, you’ll need to put together a business plan—one that shows how funds will be used and how the business will repay the loan over time. Here’s what you need to know about SBA business plans and how you can maximize your chances for approval.

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How to Get Funding for a Business

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Startups have to deal with starting costs and ongoing businesses have to finance growth and working capital. Are you a startup or ongoing business? For example, many ongoing businesses have access to standard business loans from a traditional bank that would not be available to startups. I’ll have more on that later, too.

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10 Ways To Get The Capital You Need For Your Startup

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In general, this won’t happen for a new startup unless you have a good credit history, or existing assets that you are willing to put at-risk for collateral. In the US, you may find that the Small Business Administration (SBA) can get you infusions of cash without normal backup requirements. Trade equity or services for startup help.

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Funding for Women-Owned Businesses

Women Entrepreneurs Can

What’s more, startups founded by women are 20 percent more likely to be revenue-generating and bring 35 percent higher returns to investors than all startups combined. Targeting funding opportunities aimed specifically at women-owned businesses should be a priority funding strategy of any women-led startup or small business.

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

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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?