Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The YLAI Network hosted Michael Goldberg , a professor of entrepreneurship and an expert in international business development, for a Facebook chat in November for Global Entrepreneurship Week. Many themes came up, such as overcoming issues with funding, navigating unstable governments, expanding your business, and dealing with competition.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

A 2018 study by the the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy reported that there were over 379,000 veteran-owned employer businesses in the U.S. , percent of all employer businesses were majority owned by one or more veterans. Developing a business idea is essential, but how do you recognize one?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 28, 2021

Insights from Carol Roth’s new book The War on Small Business , now out and available. Small Business Survival. It’s never been harder for a small business to start, thrive or survive than it is today. Hundreds of thousands of small businesses, if not more, have been confirmed closed forever.

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Forward Cities

MARCH 27, 2020

As the extent and impact of COVID-19 becomes more apparent, entrepreneurs and small businesses are on the front lines of its devastating impact–and with their demise comes potentially catastrophic economic losses for local communities. The federal government is currently mobilizing a multi-faceted response to COVID-19.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In recent years, the country has witnessed a burgeoning fintech industry, particularly in the business-to-business (B2B) sector: Mexico’s fintech market now encompasses over 650 companies and counting. A diverse range of startups and companies are offering innovative financial solutions to consumers and businesses.

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Dream It

APRIL 7, 2020

Friday, April 3 was supposed to be the orderly launch of the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) providing $349B of urgently needed funding to struggling startups and small businesses. This separate program defers principal payments for at least six months and is available to any SVB client with loans less than $10 million.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 5, 2021

You’re embarking on the adventure of starting your own business. There are several ways to fund your business, and there’s a process to work through which type of funding is best suited for your particular circumstances. Many government entities provide grants, from the federal level to state and regional levels.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Search out resources that are timely to starting and growing a small business. For any entrepreneur to be successful in starting a business, they must have the right help and resources to support of their hard work. Government Resources The U.S. Small Business Administration is a great resource in a range of areas.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 5, 2022

2022 will be a unique and promising time for businesses as we regain a sense of normalcy in a post-pandemic society. See what new business ownership trends are emerging and how your small business can leverage them in the upcoming year. Small business trends to watch. Network with other business owners.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A small business needs capital to grow. But a small business owner does not always have the necessary funds to be placed timely into their business. A bank is the most well-known source of business loans, but startups and early-stage companies are very often not credit worthy to gain loan approval.

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HPA

MARCH 23, 2020

As we all navigate this unprecedented time, we wanted to equip you with helpful information and important resources as it relates to your business. Quick Resource Guide Links: Business, Loan and Financial: ( NEW) Updated SBA Loan Application (Federal). ( SBA Disaster Loan Assistance (Federal).

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StartupNation

JULY 12, 2021

March 2020 was a month no business owner will soon forget. The country was locking down, and our small business clients were struggling to understand the rapidly changing news cycle, a patchwork of local ordinances and vast changes to customer demand. business licenses began to boom. business licenses began to boom.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 30, 2022

But what made the 3AC default so impactful is that it blew a whale shark-sized hole in many of the largest centralised crypto lending businesses. Due to losses on 3AC loans, many of these lending businesses have gated customer funds and become functionally insolvent. Do it over and over again, and the money adds up.

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Source Link

MARCH 25, 2020

For the first time, our small businesses are leading the recession. An article by Joel Mathis in The Week puts the crisis for small businesses in stark terms. Mom-and-pop businesses, the kinds of establishments that make up the backbone of a community, stand to do much worse. Loss of all catering business.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) — defined as firms with less than 250 employees. The startup wants to address small merchants’ pain points by providing digital financial services, Kim told TechCrunch. In South Korea, there are about 7.3 Their workforces combined make up 83.1% million in its Series D1.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 14, 2021

Small business owners (SBOs) report they are doing better than expected as the economy continues to gain steam amid the waning pandemic, according to the results of the 2021 Small Business Survey, released today by TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank ®. ” Government Aid Helpful, But More Needed. .

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 20, 2023

It is a very clever way to accomplish unlimited buying of government bonds, without actually having to buy them. The US Federal Government responded by running up the largest fiscal deficit since WW2 in order to drop money directly into people’s bank accounts (in the form of stimulus checks — or, as I like to refer to them, “stimmies”).

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StartupNation

JANUARY 13, 2021

small businesses, especially Main Street establishments, such as retail stores and restaurants. Regardless of their background, entrepreneurs and small business owners can combat the impact of COVID-19 by taking advantage of free small business resources, such as the SCORE Small Business Resilience Hub.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

APRIL 14, 2020

After receiving your income, consider paying your bills and putting a small amount into savings before making excess purchases. One is where you pay down the loan that has the highest interest rate first, thereby saving you the most money. What are the key steps to growing and funding a business? Keep asking.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

How will a Biden administration impact small business? These promises and his history should provide insight into what small businesses should expect from a Biden administration. Light on direct small business legislation. discovered that he’s light on small business policy.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 3, 2021

small businesses are on the road to recovery from the financial losses experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report by Intuit QuickBooks. Small Businesses Are Recovering. COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the financial health of American small businesses. Some have no employees.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

2021 was the year of booming small businesses. As of September, more than 4 million people filed applications to start a new business, compared to 3 million the previous year. But not everyone has been able to start the business of their dreams, and some are finding their new business expenses going elsewhere each month.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JUNE 29, 2020

Building and running a business in a developing country comes with its fair share of challenges. Personally, my challenges have included the lack of, or limited access to, quality entrepreneurial tools and resources, and difficulty accessing business loans and capital, which has forced me to bootstrap my entrepreneurial ventures.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 11, 2023

Gruenberg, Chairman Sherrod Brown and Chairman Patrick McHenry asking “for relief and attention to an immediate critical impact on small businesses, startups, and their employees who are depositors at the bank.”

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

Minority businesses make up a large part of the American economy. Unfortunately, these businesses have had the hardest time scaling up, in part because of a lack of funding. Fortunately, there are some organizations that can help minority businesses with funding. These are needed for any business to grow.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2021

Agriculture insurance has traditionally relied on farm business. But in Africa, where smallholding or small-scale farms are the norms, the number stands at an average of $4. According to her, Pula has understood not to sell insurance directly to small-scale farmers, because they can suffer from optimism bias. In the U.S.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Starting a business is very difficult. This Guide is for the aspiring business owner and entrepreneur for the purpose of spuring thinking and investigation that will lead to the creation of a business plan followed by the business launch. Don’t decide to start a business in isolation.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

The microfinancing platform connects investors with small businesses using mudarabah, a shariah-compliant profit-sharing agreement. As a practicing Muslim, however, Martin couldn’t use conventional loans. Quite naively, I thought there are plenty of Muslims who own businesses, surely they face the same problem,” he said.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

When it comes to marketing your small business, there are many different avenues you can take. To help simplify your efforts, we’ve put together a list of the top 2021 marketing trends to help grow your small business. Being a small business owner is no small feat. Expand your reach.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Kippa , the Nigerian startup improving the lifecycle of small businesses across the country with its financial management and payments platform, has raised $8.4 Kippa said the investment will allow it to develop financial products that help SMEs grow their businesses and grow its team in Nigeria. The company announced its $3.2

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

Small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America can find it difficult to get the funds they need to export their goods to the United States. It’s a gap Marco Financial is looking to bridge through its tech-enabled risk assessment platform that can provide better insight on who should receive loans.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2022

“Once you’ve already raised a bunch of ventures, you’re kind of building a business for venture scale, whereas if you are bootstrapped … you can be really really opportunistic about what that right time is,” he told Natasha Mascarenhas. US startups seeking funds shouldn’t overlook financing from the government.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Small and medium businesses regularly face cashflow problems. startup called MarketFinance — which has built a loans platform to help SMBs stay afloat through those leaner times — is announcing a big funding infusion of £280 million ($383 million) as it gears up for a new wave of lending requests. Now, a U.K.

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TechCrunch

JULY 24, 2022

Whether or not you can take out a home loan and how much interest you pay is based on your FICO score. And the rejection of the latter’s applications for home, or auto or other types of loans can arguably perpetuate a vicious cycle of not being able to break out of poverty or other conditions. But there’s a problem with this model.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Digital lenders that share personal data of loan defaulters, with third parties, risk license withdrawal in Kenya after lawmakers added a clause – granting the banking regulator the mandate to revoke permits of operators who breach customer confidentiality – to the new law passed by the country’s National Assembly. .

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Securing funding for a startup relies heavily on the connections you have among investors, as well as your ability to attract attention to your business. It’s also equally important not to let these extra obstacles overwhelm your vision and stop your business from getting the investments it needs. Have patience – and persistence.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

By Joe Camberato – CEO National Business Capital. The Great Resignation has placed a particular hard burden on small businesses that often struggle to attract employees. Working to establish a diverse staff allows your business to cast a wider net for talent at lower risk. Right now, employees want two things.

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