Business Preparedness and Resiliency Program

The NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) this week launched a new grant to support small businesses and commercial properties in New York City floodplains become more resilient in the face of natural disasters. The BPREP Risk Assessment and Grant Program offers a free, one-on-one resiliency assessment to help businesses and commercial properties identify vulnerabilities, and provides to eligible…

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PowerUP Business Plan Competition

Calling all Brooklyn start-up entrepreneurs as we enter the 21st year of the PowerUP Business Plan Competition. Since 2003, we have nurtured 10,900 individuals with over 1,800 business plans and awarded more than $650,000 in cash and in-kind gifts to Brooklyn entrepreneurs. Our success stories include more than 100 companies with passion for food and drink, health…

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Women Who Enterprise Application

At Women Who Enterprise, we look for entrepreneurial Black and Brown women who have a(n): • Idea-stage for-profit small businesses and startups • Pre-revenue for-profit small businesses and startups • Early-stage (less than $25K in revenue) for-profit small businesses and startups. We also favor applicants whose businesses incorporate technology in some way, whether it’s an…

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1 week. $10,000. Your Fast-Track Into Silicon Valley.

We are your first believer. We’ve worked with high school dropouts, college students, and people with full-time jobs across a variety of industries, including consumer, social, enterprise, defense, healthcare, edtech, fintech, gaming, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, crypto, AI, ML, climate, biotech, and more.

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Melanin Prenuers Black-Owned Small Business Program

THE MISSION OF THE MELANIN PRENEURS™ BLACK-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM is to create more opportunities for emerging and established Black-owned businesses across the United States by helping them accelerate their spending power by reinvesting in themselves, their community, and their businesses. Businesses will be judged and selected based on their marketing plan, financial need, product/service…

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Grubhub, Oyate Group and New York State Latino Restaurant, Bar & Lounge Association Announce $200,000 Microgrant Program for NYC Restaurateurs 

NEW YORK – Mar. 1, 2024 – Grubhub, Oyate Group and the New York State Latino Restaurant, Bar & Lounge Association (NYSRBLA) today announced the launch of “Rising Restaurateur: A Community Grant Program” to provide $200,000 in microgrants and business development opportunities to New York City Latino, Black, Indigenous, Asian American and/or Pacific Islander restaurateurs. 

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