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Ways Home Care LLC | December 21, 2022

W.A.Y.S. Home Care & Health Agency of Inglewood California was awarded Small Business of the Year (Aug 2022), by Senator Steven Bradford representing the 35th District of California. CEO Kedrin Johnson of W.A.Y.S. employs more than 50 employees at her agency and offers business and vocational training at her facility in Inglewood. W.A.Y.S. Home Care & Health Agency is licensed with the Department of Social Services and the Department of Public Health (pending). In 2016 W.A.Y.S. was estab...

Tamebay: Marketplace News, Tips and Advice | March 26, 2020

eBay have today offered a lifeline for small businesses who don’t currently sell on the marketplace. Many of these businesses are self employed and seen their income plummet as their shops or market stalls have been shut down and yet have stock ready to go. Others will be independent shops, again with shelves stacked full of stock and yet unable to open to the public. It’s worth remembering that despite the huge growth in ecommerce, a massive 82% of retail is still offline. The eBay ...

GlobeNewswire | February 20, 2020

Lendio, the nation’s largest marketplace for business loans, today released a new report on the state of small business lending in the Midwest. According to the report, small businesses in the Midwest are the most underserved in the nation despite seeing the highest level of growth in funding in Q4 2019. The findings are based on data from over 35,000 small business borrowers across the U.S. in 2019. The lag in funding in the state could be attributed to the region’s lower-than-avera...

TECHNOLOGY

PRnewswire | April 28, 2023

Levitate, the SaaS Happiness Platform started by former ShareFiIe founder Jesse Lipson, announced today that they have closed an additional $14 million of growth capital, bringing total fundraising to $40 million since inception. "Old-school 'mass blast' automated outreach doesn't work anymore, especially for relationship-based businesses," said Jesse Lipson, founder and CEO of Levitate. "We started Levitate five years ago with the goal of helping smal...