Tag Archives: SBA
2012 SBA Washington Metropolitan Area Small Business Awards
The Washington Metropolitan Area Small Business Awards are presented by the Washington Metropolitan Area District Office of the Small Business Administration each year to recognize those individuals and institutions whose outstanding contributions helped make the D.C. metro region a great place to do business. The honorees this year include two Washington, D.C. businesses, a Fairfax ...
National Small Business Week Video Challenge
In celebration of National Small Business Week 2012, the U.S. Small Business Administration is looking for creative videos from small businesses that show how they have been helped by an SBA program or service (counseling, training, guaranteed loans, government contracts, disaster recovery, etc.). The video contest will help showcase the amazing small businesses across the country that ...
National Small Business Week in Washington, D.C., May 20-22
The nation's top entrepreneurs will be honored at the U.S. Small Business Administration's National Small Business Week events May 20-22 in Washington, D.C. A series of award ceremonies, small business events and educational forums will mark the 59th anniversary of the agency and the 49th annual proclamation of National Small Business Week. National Small Business Week ...
Ask the Expert: Women’s Small Business Open Forum
In recognition of National Women’s History Month, the U.S. Small Business Administration's March web chat will feature an open forum on Women’s Business Ownership. The U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership helps to promote growth of women-owned businesses through SBA programs offering business training and counseling, access to credit and capital, and ...
SBA and VISA: Export Story Video Contest Winners
In July, we shared information on the SBA and VISA: Export Story Video Contest. The contest, My U.S. Export Story—Finding Customers Around the World, which tells the story of small business success in exporting, has announced the winners. The purpose of the contest was to create videos that would inform small businesses about the advantages of exporting ...
Apps for Entrepreneurs: Help Give Small Businesses Better Tools
The Apps for Entrepreneurs Competition (the “Competition”) is an initiative of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to help make Federal government programs and information more useful to small businesses. For most entrepreneurs and small businesses, the Federal government has useful programs and services, but it can be hard to identify, engage and navigate Federal websites. ...
SBA and Navy Launch Green Government Opportunities
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), along with the Department of the Navy, recently launched the new Green Government Opportunities (GGO) website. The Green Government Opportunities serves as a one-stop destination for all things green in small business. Its purpose is to provide a resource through which small businesses can gain access to green contracts, grants ...
SBA Grants $30 Million to States for Trade, Export Promotion
The U.S. Small Business Administration is providing $30 million in grants to states, territories, and the District of Columbia, to help increase exporting by small businesses during the next 12 months. The grants were authorized by the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, under the State Trade and Export Promotion Program (STEP). The STEP program, launched ...
