$10,000 grants to support your woman-led small businesses
KKR Small Business Builders has an emphasis on companies that are pivoting their business in response to the pandemic and are providing important community services. For the seventh round of the program, KKR is pleased to support small businesses with female founders.
Eligible business must:
Be owned (51%+) by a woman or woman-identifying individual
Be a for-profit business operating in at least one of the following countries: Australia, China, England, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Singapore, Spain, United Arab Emirates, and/or the United States
Must have a minimum of five (5) employees and a maximum of fifty (50) employees
Must have annual gross revenues in 2021 of less than $7 million USD
Equity Action Plan
SBA offers support for each stage of the entrepreneurship journey through products and services. Entrepreneurs of underserved communities can experience barriers to accessing those resources. This Equity Action Plan, in conjunction with Executive Order (EO) 13985 (“Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government”), outlines how SBA will reduce barriers and improve access to the following resources:
Capital Access
Federal Government Procurement and Contracting Opportunities
Disaster Assistance
Business Counseling, Training, and Services
The plan also highlights SBA’s commitment to advancing civil rights including leadership from the agency’s Office of Diversity Inclusion and Civil Rights. It aligns with SBA’s mission to work with a wide diversity of businesses across America and the broad way those companies need to access a diverse set of services to get where they need to be – SBA’s equity plan ensures we’re reaching those businesses that need help accessing the resources available to them.
The State of Arizona launched the Back to Work Small Business Hiring and Retention Program to help small, locally owned or operated businesses hire and retain employees. The grant program funds up to $10,000 in expenditures for employee hiring and retention efforts. There is a cap of $1,000 per employee and 25 percent of the awarded amount may be utilized for other business expenses. Special consideration will be made to businesses that are located in wildfire and flood impacted areas.
The Arizona Commerce Authority – supported by a dynamic group of community partners — has launched a statewide initiative to help Arizona’s small businesses prepare for success, plan for the future, and grow into thriving businesses. Through virtual webinars and hands-on workshops, local business leaders and subject matter experts will provide real-time support and available resources across Arizona.
Motorcoach, school bus, passenger vessels, and pilotage companies impacted by the pandemic were eligible to receive grants funded by the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services program (CERTS)
The University of Arizona McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship brings students, faculty and the community together to build leadership in innovation and entrepreneurship.
We are home to research, coursework, top-ranked student programs and community initiatives and events that transform individuals and business.
The Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Participation Program is a certification program that offers an opportunity for small businesses in the Tucson Metropolitan Area to potentially do business with Pima County. It is a program that fosters economic growth and serves to enhance business opportunities for local firms.
The SBE Program is a race and gender neutral program in that SBE applicants may be representative of any and all ethnic and gender groups.
The SBE Program offers incentives to small businesses interested in doing business with Pima County on contracts administered by the Procurement Department which may include bid preferences for material and general services and subcontracting goals for construction, goods, services, and materials.
Subcontracting goals for construction contracts are based on the availability of certified, qualified, and willing SBE businesses in specific industries and/or trades.
Community Investment Corporation is a nonprofit dedicated to the financial empowerment of Pima County and the surrounding area since 1996.
We give the members of our community, who are shut out of and left behind in our economy, access to the knowledge and financing they need to pursue new opportunities.
Office of Economic Initiatives:
Our Team is ready to assist you in achieving your business goals. If you have questions about your business, please call the Small Business Assistance Line at 520-837-4100. The Economic Initiatives team is available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Submit questions and comments any time using our Business Assistance Form here .
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INCUBATOR PROGRAMS
The Council on Underserved Communities (CUC) provides SBA with input, advice and recommendations on strategies to help strengthen competiveness and sustainability for small businesses in underserved communities.
The CUC focuses on communities and populations that traditionally have faced barriers in accessing credit, capital and the other tools they need to start and grow businesses. These communities include inner cities and rural areas and may include populations such as women, minorities, veterans, tribal groups and others.
The CUC is part of the SBA’s ongoing efforts to expand its reach into underserved communities. While the nation’s economic recovery is moving forward, that recovery has been uneven, particularly for socially, economically and geographically disadvantaged small business owners. To help SBA better address the challenges facing small business owners in underserved communities, the CUC will meet regularly and advise SBA on ways to increase access to capital and promote sustainability, growth, and job creation.
In his piece paper, “The history of business and war: introduction,” Dr. Erik Lakomma (2017)[1] describes how there is a significant lack of formal research currently being done on war’s influence and effect on business, specifically entrepreneurship. The following explores war’s relationship to entrepreneurship and proposes a humane approach to both the generation and rehabilitation of the affected economies, focusing on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.