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Reuters | May 26, 2020

When the U.S. government first rolled out forgivable loans to small businesses in early April under the Paycheck Protection Program, loan officers at Bank of the West in Grapevine, Texas worked nights and weekends to process a tsunami of applications. But since those first few frantic weeks, demand has “just dried up,” said bank president Cindy Blankenship. On May 15 the bank stopped taking applications for PPP loans. Nationally the program remains active. But data from the Small Bus...

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Businesswire | May 19, 2023

Style AI, the cutting-edge, Series A startup from the Bay Area, is on a mission to empower small to medium-sized businesses with a comprehensive suite of AI assistants. Today, Style AI proudly announces the much-anticipated launch of their second AI assistant, "Seona," a true game-changer in the world of search engine optimization (SEO). Seona, powered by advanced machine learning models and AI built out of UC Berkeley, revolutionizes SEO optimization for websites. Wit...

Technology

Aryaka | January 28, 2022

Aryaka®, the leader in fully managed SD-WAN and SASE, announced today the launch of its Accelerate Global Partner Program, which unifies the company’s partner-led go-to-market strategy under a single comprehensive program for channel partners of all types worldwide. The new program empowers them to tap into an expanded revenue opportunity made possible by Aryaka’s new all-in-one SD-WAN and secure access service edge (SASE) solutions packaged and priced for businesses of all sizes...

Small Business Advice

KKR Grants | December 01, 2020

KKR today declared it has granted the first round of grants in two of the foundation projects of the KKR Relief Fund (the "Asset") zeroed in on supporting entrepreneurs and not-for-profits. The $50 million Fund was made by KKR and its representatives recently to help those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and its subsequent financial separation. In the first round of the KKR Small Business Builders (SBB) program, KKR has granted $10,000 each to 55 entrepreneurs from a d...