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March 28-30, 2022
The SBA recently announced the full schedule and speaker slate for the SBA’s 2022 Women’s Business Summit including Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary Deb Haaland of the U.S. Department of Interior. The event will be held in cosponsorship with the
Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center.
African Economic Development Solutions has received $400,000 to loan to small businesses through SBA’s microlending program. Located in St. Paul, Minn., AEDS can now provide SBA microloans up to $50,000 to small businesses in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin,
Ramsey, Scott and Washington counties.
The new
Child Care Facility Revitalization Grants program opens March 29, 2022 with federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act. This is a new grant program to address child care facility needs and is a key element of the State of Minnesota’s ongoing efforts
to stabilize the child care sector.
This grant program will be administered by First Children’s Finance. It will be available for the next two years, with applications accepted every three months starting March 29, 2022 and ending spring 2024.
The Small Business Development Center, an SBA resource partner, recently published a guide for freelancers stating, “in 2020, 59 million Americans freelanced (that’s about one third of the US workforce), earning a total of $1.2 trillion over the course of the
year.”
If you’re one of those number, or considering taking that path in the future, this guide might be helpful to you.
We are hosting training webinars to help entrepreneurs and small business owners start, grow, expand, and recover.
To learn more and register today, visit the links below:
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Selling Your Business and Succession Planning
March 30, 1 p.m.;
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Tax Time Knowledge; A Wage and Hour Division Refresher (with IRS and DOL)
March 31, 11:30 a.m.;
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SBA Veteran Small Business Resource Brief
April 1, 10 a.m.; Register
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Steps for Starting a Small Business
April 13, 10 a.m.; Register
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SADBOC Procurement Fair (with multiple partners)
April 25;
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SBA Funding for Your Business – with the IRS and WHD
Apr 26, 11 a.m.;
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Tax Time Knowledge! – An IRS/SBA/USDOL-Wage and Hour Division Refresher
March 31; 11:30 a.m.; Register
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Top Shelf: High Volume Retail Growth Insights (WBDC)
Applications for the 8 week program now open;
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Federal Certifications – HUBZone Focused (PTAC)
March 29;
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Where’s the Money – Sourcing Capital for Your Business (SCORE)
March 29;
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Local SEO (SCORE)
March 29;
Learn More & April 5;
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Three Strategies for Building a Consultancy (SCORE)
March 30; Learn
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Cold Calling is Your Friend (SCORE)
March 31;
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Purpose-Driven Finances (SCORE)
March 31;
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Financial Wellness – 2 Session Series (SCORE)
April 5 & 12;
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Double Your Sales Now While Working Less (SCORE)
April 6;
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Doing Business with Federal Emergency Management Agency
April 12;
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Getting Ready (WomenVenture)
April 13 or 15; Learn
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Don’t Go It Alone – Mentor-Protege, Teaming & Joint Ventures (PTAC)
April 13;
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