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Apply for Business and Startup Grants for Women Entrepreneurs (ifundwomen.com) https://ifundwomen.com/grants/apply-for-grants

CA Dream Fund – America’s SBDC – California / Los Angeles Network (smallbizla.org) https://smallbizla.org/dreamfund/

GRANTS.GOV – https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html

California Grants Portal – https://www.grants.ca.gov/

The Barstool Fund | Barstool Sports – https://www.barstoolsports.com/the-barstool-fund

LISC Small Business Relief Grants | Local Initiatives Support Corporation – https://www.lisc.org/covid-19/small-business-assistance/small-business-relief-grants/

GRANT OPPORTUNITY ALERT  APPLY FOR A $4,250 GRANT FOR YOUR MINORITY BUSINESS

GRANT ALERT  Restaurant Disaster Relief Fund: Apply for a $10K Grant

In partnership with Hello Alice, DoorDash will provide $10,000 relief grants to local restaurants across the United States affected by state- or federally-declared natural disasters.

 

Eligibility Requirements: To be eligible, your business must be a restaurant experiencing hardship due to natural disaster, have three stores or less, employ fewer than 50 employees per location, and have revenues of $3M or less per location in the last 12 months. For a full list of eligibility criteria, please see the terms and conditions. https://helloalice.com/grants/doordash/?utm_source=Newsletter_Inclusions&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DoorDash_Grant_Summer_2022&mc_cid=453c74d644&mc_eid=0c5f0b7ded

 

RESOURCE ALERT  How to Find Investors

 Upcoming Hello Alice Workshops

 

Grow Your Business By Growing Your Team: How and When to Take the Hiring Leap

Prep to bring on your new hire with the tips, techniques, and laws to know before bringing on your first W2 employee.

August 25, 2022, at 3 p.m. ET Register now https://auth.helloalice.com/l

 

Create Compelling Content With Instagram Reels

Learn best practices for creating successful Instagram Reels that authentically represent your brand, help attract your audience, and best of all — are simple to create.

September 8, 2022, at 1 p.m. ET Register now https://auth.helloalice.com/l

 

Choose your angel: Learn how they invest and what motivates them

The “choose your fighter” meme can be traced back to the video game Mortal Kombat, but it’s also relevant for seed-stage founders who are looking for an investor.

 

Making money is top of mind for every angel, but according to Mack Kolarich, VP of Assure Analytics, most of them also “have a second or third motivator driving them to invest in startups.”

 

In a TC+ guest post, he lays out several factors entrepreneurs need to consider when investor-shopping: Are they supporting a local ecosystem? Do they write direct checks?

 

“Armed with this knowledge, you can strategically select the right partner for your business,” says Kolarich.

 

(TechCrunch+ is our membership program, which helps founders and startup teams get ahead. You can sign up here.)

 

https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/17/choose-your-angel-learn-how-they-invest-and-what-motivates-them/

 

OPPORTUNITY ALERT  Registration is open for our Fall Term 1 courses in the Ministry Business Academy!

 

We have a limited number of scholarships available for the first term (August 18 – September 22) courses. Apply by noon, August 18! Apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0xV2FJe9Zrcosxlo6Vhtcu4ohiEAk0QsUVDOUr0zaA30OWw/viewform

 

EVENT ALERT  Moving up at a company can feel like a second full-time job. So theSkimm is here to make it easier. On Thursday, August 18 at either 8:00 am ET or 11:00 am ET (yep, two options to work best with your schedule), join theSkimm for SkimmU Special Edition: Career. Career and leadership expert Kimberly Brown will teach the course and interactive workshop on how to network and level up in your career.

 

RSVP to join! https://events.theskimm.com/skimmu-special-edition-career/2416080?ref=BP

 

OPPORTUNITY ALERT  

National Cannabis Company Will Grant Over $1 Million to Nonprofits Fighting War on Drugs

 

Green Thumb Industries Inc., the owner of RISE Dispensaries, established a grant program to help organizations seeking to amend the horrific effects of the war on drugs.

 

https://lnkd.in/e2pzErx7

Maryland’s Procurement Forecast Portal for Fiscal Year 2023 – This database tool is populated with solicitations of $100,000 or greater. It comprises both new and recurring items, including task orders issued under master contracts. Users can choose from six different options to focus their search. By downloading search results to Excel, expanded information is provided, such as the buyer’s name and contact information. Small businesses looking for contracting opportunities below $100,000 will find that many state agencies also include information on projected contracts between $15,000 and $99,999. FY2023 Procurement Forecast Portal

Specialized Vendor Training to Navigate eMMA – If you want to be a subcontractor or prime contractor in the state contracting arena, eMaryland Marketplace Advantage (eMMA) is a critical tool. These three webinars will teach how to navigate this platform and best utilize its full scope of features, tools, and functionality. Free.

August 10, 2022 @ 3pm – Introduction to eMMA for Vendors

August 17, 2022 @ 3pm – Increasing Your Visibility on eMMA

GRANT & FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ALERT  

OPPORTUNITY ALERT  Murray’s Worldwide, Inc. Creative Contest

 

PROMOTION DESCRIPTION:  The Murray’s Worldwide, Inc. Creative Contest  is a social media #hashtag contest that begins on 8/1/22 at 12:00:00 AM Eastern Time  (“ET”) and ends on 9/30/22 at 11:59:59 PM (ET) (the “Promotion Period”).

 

Throughout the Promotion Period, eligible entrants will have the opportunity to tag their creative submission on Instagram in reply to a Contest post by Murray’s Worldwide, Inc. (the “Submission”), as more fully set forth below.  For purposes of this Contest, a “Day” is defined as any 24-hour period beginning at 12:00:00 AM (ET) and ending at 11:59:59 PM (ET).  There will be One (1) Grand Prize winner , One (2) Second Place Winners and Ten (3) Third Place Winners in the Contest that will be selected based on selection criteria.

 

ELIGIBILITY: Contest is open only to legal residents of the fifty (50) United States and District of Columbia and are eighteen (18) years of age or older at time of entry.  Employees of Murray’s Worldwide, Inc. Company, their respective parent companies, their subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising, promotion and other agencies (collectively, the “Promotion Entities”), and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible to participate.  Void where prohibited by law. All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply.

HOW TO ENTER: You may enter the Sweepstakes via Instagram by going to http://www.instagram.com and log into your Instagram account. Then, complete your Submission as follows: tag us at @Murrayspomadeco with your creative inspired Murray’s design using Murray’s unique logo and colors.  The design may be displayed on apparel items or other product goods. Follow us at @Murrayspomadeco account on Instagram, ; and include the required Hashtag #MurraysCreativeContest #MurraysCreators #MyMurrays Submission must be completed from the entrant’s non-private Instagram account.

 

Info: https://www.murrayspomade.com/murrays-contest-rules 

GRANT OPPORTUNITIES ALERTS AUGUST 2022

 

The Latest Small Business Grants for Women and Minority Entrepreneurs https://smallbiztrends.com/2022/08/small-business-grants-for-women-and-minority-entrepreneurs.html

 

 

$10,000 Grants At Hand To Help Small Businesses Grow Through Venmo https://venmo.com/business/small-business-grant

 

Venturize Grants Portal- https://venturize.org/resources/covid-19-emergency-loans

 

NerdWallet Lists of Grants: Small-Business Grants: Where to Find Free Money: https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/small-business/small-business-grants

 

 

58 Grants, Loans and Programs to Benefit Your Small Business: When you know where to look, help for your small business is there for the taking. https://www.uschamber.com/co/run/business-financing/government-small-business-grant-programs

 

PaymentCloud List of Minority Small Business Grants to Take Advantage of in 2022: https://paymentcloudinc.com/blog/minority-small-business-grants/

 

Delaware free grants and loans for minority and women owned businesses: https://www.womenandminoritybusiness.org/delaware-free-grants-and-loans-for-minority-and-women-owned-businesses/

 

FORBES Advisor List – Best Small Business Loans Of August 2022: https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business-loans/best-small-business-loans/

 

Shopify + Operation HOPE – Bring your business online with a free 120-day trial of Shopify and tailored education programs to fast-track your launch. https://www.shopify.com/1mbb

August 31, 2022 @ 2pm – Responding to Solicitations