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How to Make Sense of the PPP Loan Program for VC-Backed Startups

Both Sides of the Table

There is so much confusion and misinformation out there about the government sponsored “payroll protection plan” loans to companies that the heads of every small business CEO in the country must be spinning. We have been advising a lot of entrepreneurs so I thought I’d “open source” some of the advice I have been sharing.

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Vital Tips For Small Businesses And Entrepreneurs During Covid-19  

YoungUpstarts

by Wayne Titus, author of “ The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Financial Well-Being “ Entrepreneurs and small business leaders are trying to figure out how to navigate COVID-19, from how to apply for loans and assistance to FMLA regulations. How can businesses gather the right information for any loan applications?

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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. 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.

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How To Start Your Own Craft Beer Business

YoungUpstarts

If you like what you read here, be sure to read the complete 9 step guide on how to start a brewery business. Choose a business model. In our guide on how to start a small business , we suggest that aspiring entrepreneurs choose a niche for the best chance at success. Get to know the legal stuff. Define your brand.

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Book: Where The Jobs Are

Feld Thoughts

He has a vision and the experience to create a non-partisan organization to engage and educate people, especially policymakers in government, regarding the critical importance of entrepreneurs and startups to innovation, economic growth, and job creation. Launch a Curriculum-Focused Dialogue Between Business and Education.

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How to Get Funding for a Business

Up and Running

The rare exception is a special case, in which investors know an entrepreneur well and are ready to invest in them at an early stage. In that case, they are investing in the entrepreneur, not the plan. . The role of the business plan. I’m not saying you shouldn’t have a business plan. Nobody invests in ideas or plans.

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Accelerating Accelerators

VC Adventure

Announced a few months ago, the Accelerator Competition is a program of the Small Business Administration through which they are awarding $ 50k to each of 50 accelerators across the country to promote entrepreneurship (that’s $2.5M in total for those of you w/o a calculator handy).

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