Small Business

Research Project Ranks World's Best Cities for Startups
   The group wanted to discover the answer to the question of where, outside of the proven testing ground of Silicon Valley, does entrepreneurship take hold?
posted 11/27/12 1:43 PM  read complete story

SBA Offers Funding for SBDCs in Disaster Areas
   Grants of up to $100,000 each are available through the U.S. Small Business Administration for projects and centers that provide business development services and products, with the overall goal of increasing small business success in areas suffering economic hardship due to major disasters.
posted 11/15/12 1:46 PM  read complete story

Maryland Invites Start-Ups to Apply for Seed Grants
   Dubbed the "InvestMaryland Challenge," the state's Department of Business and Economic Development wants start-ups with fewer than 25 employees and annual revenues of less than $1 million to apply for funding.
posted 10/18/12 1:45 PM  read complete story

PA's Small Businesses Get $2.4 Million Grant to Boost Exports
   The goal of the initiative is to increase small businesses that export goods abroad, as well as increase the value of exported goods. The funds will be awarded to companies participating in business development activities.
posted 10/12/12 11:48 AM  read complete story

Small, Minority-Owned Businesses Challenged on Government Contracts
   Federal agency officials and advocacy groups point to a lack of performance history and knowledge of the contracting process as "significant barriers."
posted 10/4/12 11:38 PM  read complete story

Small Businesses Eligible for $150,000 in Innovation Grants
   The National Science Foundation (NSF) offers grant funding to aid socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses through its $30 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program – Phase I. NSF seeks feasibility proposals before a Dec. 3 deadline and expects to make 200 awards nati...
posted 8/30/12 4:33 PM  read complete story

Treasury Seeks Comment on Small Business Fund
   The Treasury Department is seeking comment from the 332 participants in its Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF) program concerning the program's impact on lendingcapacity. SBLF is an investment fund that encourages lending to small business by providing capital to qualified community banks and...
posted 7/24/12 1:55 PM  read complete story

Connecticut Provides Grants, Loans to Small Businesses
   Five Connecticut small businesses receive $100 million through the state's Small Business Express Program (EXP).The Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) program created in a state jobs bill passed last fall provides loans and matching grants to state companies of no more than 100 ...
posted 7/17/12 5:36 PM  read complete story

Ohio Seeks Applications for Microenterprise Program
   The Ohio Department of Development is accepting applications from Community Development Corporations grants under its Microenterprise Business Development Program through Aug. 3.
posted 7/5/12 4:34 PM  read complete story

$2 Million for Small Business Technology Partnership
   The Small Business Administration (SBA) is accepting applications for a grant to aid small business technological development.
posted 6/7/12 12:51 PM  read complete story