Posted 4/22/20
Facebook Small Business Grants Program
Available now to apply - San Francisco Bay Area https://www.facebook.com/business/boost/grants
Facebook recently updated guidelines for its $100 million small business grant program. Specifically, $15 million is earmarked for Bay Area (including Marin) and these are the criteria:
Have between 2 and 50 employees
Have been in business for over a year
Have experienced challenges from COVID-19
Be in or near a location where Facebook operates
Posted 4/20/22
Click this link for an interesting Loan Seminar from the Marin SBDC held on 4/20/20, if you missed it. It has a lot of great information available to you. (if a password is needed - 2z?@.%H.)
If you want to work with a SBDC Advisor at no cost to you , to help you answer specific loan questions, please sign up here - this is the fastest way to work with someone: https://nc.ecenterdirect.com/signup (choose Marin SBDC on second page)
Here is the most up to date info from the Marin SBDC to help you (including links to applications): https://www.marinsbdc.org/covid-19
Here is a useful guide: https://www.marinsbdc.org/sites/default/files/00_covid19_4-3-20_cares-act-ppp_1.pdf
Here is a list of online lenders accepting PPP applications:
Funding Circle: https://www.fundingcircle.com/us/
Lendistry: https://lendistry.com/
Kabbage: https://www.kabbage.com/
Divvy: https://getdivvy.com/
Fountain Head: https://www.fountainheadcc.com
Lendio: https://www.lendio.com/
Smart Biz Loans: https://www.smartbizloans.com/
Posted 4/2/20
Alternate funding solutions your small business can try
Small Business Guide and Checklist
FAQs for Small Businesses
Cares Act FAQ's
A lifeline for Small Businesses included in the Phase III COVID-19 Relief Bill
A breakdown of all the federal programs and aid for small business coronavirus assistance.
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act sets aside $350 billion for small business loans to provide economic relief in 2020. Here’s how to get one of these loans.
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