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Small Business Advice

Apple | November 18, 2020

Apple® today reported an industry-driving new engineer program to quicken advancement and help small businesses and free designers push their businesses forward with the up and coming age of weighty apps on the App Store®. The new App Store Small Business Program will profit by far most of designers who sell advanced merchandise and ventures on the store, furnishing them with a decreased commission on paid apps and in-app buys. Designers can meet all requirements for the program and a di...

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Vista | September 16, 2022

Today, VistaPrint, the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation, and NAACP announced the next cohort of recipients from the Power Forward Small Business Grant. The grant program, now in its third iteration, focuses on creating lasting impact for Black-owned small businesses across New England. Select applicants will receive $25,000 in grant funding and the tailored design and marketing support they need to expand their existing businesses and achieve long-term success.The latest group of grant recipie...

Technology

Awesome Motive, Inc. | March 06, 2023

Awesome Motive, an emerging software and media company that powers more than 21 million websites, recently announced the acquisition of a popular WordPress training resource, WP101, for small businesses. More than three million individuals have learned WordPress through their video lessons. The WP101 Plugin enables WordPress agencies and service providers to give white-labeled professional WordPress training videos to their users in an effortless manner. The acquisiti...

U.S. Small Business Administration | July 07, 2020

The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the Treasury Department, today announced it was releasing detailed loan-level data regarding the loans made under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). This disclosure covers each of the 4.9 million PPP loans that have been made. "The PPP is providing much-needed relief to millions of American small businesses, supporting more than 51 million jobs and over 80 percent of all small business employees, who are the drivers of e...