SBA: Disaster Recovery Lending Increased for Small Businesses through Express Bridge Loan Pilot Program
The U.S. Small Business Administration prides itself in the efforts it takes to help small business owners recover from disasters. The SBA 7(a) Loan Program is aiding in that effort by offering the Express Bridge Loan Pilot Program. This Pilot Program was authorized on October 16, 2017 and is available through September 30, 2020. With…
SBA: Partnership Announced with Veterans Affairs’ Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program
The U.S. Small Business Administration has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, through its Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment program. The partnership will give veterans access to self-employment assistance from the SBA, its resource partners, and U.S. Export Assistance Centers. The VA and SBA will work together to prepare veterans, service-disabled…
SBA: Funding Awarded for 22 Veterans Business Outreach Centers
The U.S. Small Business Administration this week announced the awarding of $6.6 million in funding to 22 organizations to provide training and counseling to current and aspiring veteran small business owners as a Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC). The funding opportunity, offered by SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development, is a one-year initial award with…
SBA: Illinois Entrepreneur Awarded 2018 National Small Business Person of the Year
Entrepreneurs from West Virginia, New Mexico and Louisiana also recognized by SBA as Runners-up Linda McMahon, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration today recognized and awarded this year’s Small Business Person of the Year at a ceremony and reception at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. “It is my pleasure to announce…
SBA: National Small Business Week 2018 Kicks Off April 29th
The U.S. Small Business Administration kicks off National Small Business Week 2018 on April 29 in the nation’s capital by having SBA Administrator Linda McMahon recognize and award the nation’s top small businesses, entrepreneurs, small business advocates and champions. Since 1963, the president of the United States has issued a proclamation calling for the celebration…
SBA: Visa and SBA Kick Off National Small Business Week Hackathon in Washington, DC
Participants compete for $24k prize pool WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration and Visa will host the first-ever National Small Business Week Hackathon at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. on April 27-29. App developers, business owners, ideas generators and local entrepreneurs will be challenged to mash up API’s from the U.S. Government…
SBA: Los Angeles Investment Firm Named Small Business Investment Company of the Year
Avante Mezzanine Partners, a woman-owned fund of Los Angeles, Calif. has been named the 2018 Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Avante, along with other national winners and finalists for the National Small Business Person of the Year, have been invited to a recognition ceremony as part…
SBA: National Small Business Week Tour Stops in Raleigh, NC on May 3rd
During National Small Business Week, the U.S. Small Business Administration celebrates the 30 million small businesses that are the engines of our national economy. SBA Administrator McMahon will visit small businesses on a four-state bus trip across the Southeast, highlighting the innovators and job creators that make our communities vibrant places to live, work and…
SBA: National Small Business Week Kicks Off in Washington, DC on April 29th
Administrator Linda McMahon, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, will be the keynote speaker to kick off the first leg of the 2018 National Small Business Week events in Washington, D.C. on April 29-30. Small business entrepreneurs, industry leaders and other award winners from around the country will converge on D.C. to receive…
SBA: Victors over Catastrophe Honored with SBA’s 2018 Phoenix Award
South Carolina business owners who rebounded after losing their entire inventory after a massive flood, Houston bakery owners who quickly reopened despite the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey, a Texas mayor who navigated the town’s recovery after Hurricane Harvey, and a volunteer who organized the debris removal of a Georgia town hit by three massive…