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Small Business Advice

Visa | December 17, 2020

Supporting small and micro businesses (SMBs) has been an earnest need all through the COVID-19 pandemic, with an extraordinary need among minority-claimed small businesses, which are lopsidedly affected. Expanding on Visa's drawn out obligation to this network, Visa Foundation today declared new activities to give almost $5 million in funding to minority-drove SMBs, in the midst of a second influx of COVID-19. Visa likewise reported mentorship projects to additional help minority-drove SMBs....

Veem | May 13, 2020

Eighty-one percent of small U.S. companies surveyed by Veem expect the new coronavirus pandemic to affect their business over the next 12-16 months. Of the 690 firms surveyed, 65% said they had either submitted an application for the federal aid or planned ...

The Seattle Times | March 11, 2020

Amazon executives approved a $5 million fund to support small businesses around its Seattle headquarters struggling with a dramatic slowdown since the company instructed its employees to work from home if they could. The company will provide cash grants to businesses with fewer than 50 employees or less than $7 million in annual revenue that serve the public, rely on foot traffic, and have a physical presence “within a few blocks of our Regrade and South Lake Union office buildings,”...

Technology

SYSTRAN | October 01, 2021

According to the Office of the United States Trade Representative, over 95 percent of consumers are located outside of the United States. Expanding globally is no longer just an option for small-medium businesses, it's an imperative strategy. To combat this, SYSTRAN, a leader in AI-based technology, announced today the launch of SMB Academy -- a free and unique online resource providing small-medium businesses with necessary tools needed to successfully expand overseas. ...