Otros recursos COVID-19

A medida que evolucionan los desarrollos en respuesta a la propagación de COVID-19, sabemos que muchas pequeñas empresas tienen preguntas sobre las implicaciones dentro del lugar de trabajo, y las opciones de financiación que ayuden a impulsar sus negocios durante este momento difícil. En esta página estamos recopilando consejos y recursos relevantes como desempleo, licencia familiar remunerada, licencia por enfermedad remunerada, atención médica y más.

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Colorado

Female Founders Club

An early-stage fund investing in the exponential power of exceptional female talent. The fund invests in areas where women-led startups have incredible impact: e-commerce, web-enabled products and services, marketplaces, and platforms. Marketplaces: Technology services that connect buyers and sellers across B2B and B2C industries. E-commerce: Direct-to-consumer brands, building their businesses with technology at the core. Web-Enabled Services: Powerful service operations enabled by location and mobile data. Platform: Disruptive networks and communities connected via technology solutions.

Area served: Colorado
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BBG Ventures

BBG Ventures is an early-stage fund based in the Meatpacking District of NYC. With over 90% of venture investment going to men, BBG Ventures believes they can get better returns backing the best female founders. Many of their companies have mixed founding teams — and research and personal experience suggest that diverse teams drive the best results.

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Colorado

Colorado COVID Small Business Legal Project

Volunteer lawyers helping Colorado small businesses during the COVID-19 crisis

Volunteer lawyers helping Colorado small businesses during the COVID-19 crisis. They have been especially hard-hit by the COVID-19 economic crisis, with minority and woman-owned small businesses being hit the hardest. Legal volunteers have offered to help Colorado’s small businesses get back on their feet. This website was created to match small businesses that need limited legal advice regarding COVID-19 related issues with volunteer lawyers. The site also includes other resources available to small businesses, particularly minority and woman-owned small businesses, to meet the challenges of the pandemic.

Area served: Colorado
Audience: Small Business Owners, Self-employed, Non-profits
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Colorado

The Venture League

Black Girl Ventures (BGV) is a culturally converging ecosystem igniting economic security, civic engagement, and hyperlocal infrastructure at the intersection of STEM education and entrepreneurship for Black and Brown woman-identifying founders, funders, and veterans. Become a member to: Share and receive resources. Learn from and connect with experts. Make new friends and business connections. Talk through challenges and celebrate victories. Engage in culturally relevant entrepreneurial learning experiences. Gain access to: Coaching. Feedback. Community. Social and Financial Capital. Free and paid membership options.

Area served: Colorado
Audience: Small Business Owners
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Backstage Capital Office Hours & Funding

Less than 10% of all venture capital deals go to women, People of Color, and LGBTQ founders. Other VCs see this as a pipeline problem. Backstage sees it as the biggest opportunity in investment. Backstage Capital has invested over $7M in more than 120 companies led by underrepresented founders. Meet with Backstage Crew in virtual office hours to get feedback and help on your business and pitch deck.

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Colorado

US Institute of Peace Free Courses

As the coronavirus pandemic forces us to change the ways in which we interact with one another and as people across the United States and the world demand racial justice, today’s peacebuilders are in need of increased access to resources and tools to support them in transforming conflict. To meet that demand, the U.S. Institute of Peace is offering its entire catalog of online courses tuition-free from now until the end of 2020. No matter what you do or how experienced you may be, if you are committed to building peace and resolving conflict, we have an educational opportunity for you. Explore the catalog below to find the educational experience that is right for you.

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Colorado

Ice House Entrepreneur Development Program

Most people have innate entrepreneurial tendencies. We want to be problem solvers. We want to provide value for other people. And, in an ideal world, we want to get paid to do those things! The Ice House Entrepreneur Development Program can help you launch or grow a business. And especially now in times of uncertainty, we all need to learn how to overcome times of adversity. Ice House programming helps create highly resilient, resourceful, and solution-oriented individuals that can withstand resource-constrained environments. NEXT SESSION BEGINS JULY 8TH! We are hosting all classes virtually to ensure the safety of our students and staff. Dates: July 8th - September 9th When: Every Wednesday from 5:45pm - 7:45pm Where: Online via Zoom

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Colorado Mountain College

Colorado Mountain College Back to Business Consulting

In an effort to aid our local businesses and business professionals, Colorado Mountain College is offering no-cost coaching, live educational trainings and consultation services to in-district businesses (see CMC District Map) during this time of need. CMC Faculty are ready to support you in this time of need. Through connection to faculty, we are able to provide personalized answers to your questions, link you to resources and provide tools to get you back to business. CMC is offering free educational training and live webinars to get you back to business. We are enlisting the support of CMC faculty and community content experts in developing these educational resources.

Area served: Colorado
Audience: Small Business Owners, Self-employed, Non-profits
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Colorado

OnwardCO

Have you lost your job? One-stop resource for the people of Colorado impacted by job loss during the COVID-19 Pandemic. How does OnwardCO work? 3 Simple Steps to Meet You Where You Are: Connect to Essential Life Services (Money, Food, Shelter, etc.), Spacer Image, Connect to Retraining Opportunities, Connect to Your Next Job

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Colorado University

CO Venture Forward

Whether you’re a small business owner or the founder of a high-growth startup, these are trying times. And it’s during these trying times that quick support and feedback from seasoned, battle-hardened mentors can make all the difference in your business operations. If you’re a seasoned business owner, your community needs you! Now more than ever, our shared business community here in Colorado needs help. As with any downturn, small business owners and entrepreneurs are working hard to keep the lights on and minimize the impact to their employees. It’s scary, particularly when you’re not sure if the decisions you’re making are the right ones. That’s where quality mentorship can help.

Area served: Colorado
Audience: Small Business Owners, Self-employed
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National Resources

Government loan/grant programs
National

Early Childhood Training and Technical Assistance System

State and Territory Child Care Stabilization Grant Applications

States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico will award subgrants to eligible child care providers. The child care stabilization subgrants will provide financial relief to child care providers to help defray unexpected business costs associated with the pandemic, and to help stabilize their operations so that they may continue to provide care.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Self-employed
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National

Gusto

Employee Retention Calculator

The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) was created by the federal government to help ease the financial hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on small businesses. Employers who are eligible for ERC, can receive tax credits in exchange for qualified wages and health plan expenses paid to (and on behalf of) employees.

Audience: Small Business Owners
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Corporate loan/grant programs
National

Amazon

Black Business Accelerator

Amazon's Black Business Accelerator is a grant program aimed to address historical, manifest imbalances by growing and advancing equity for Black-owned businesses. The program offers financial assistance, business education & mentorship, and marketing & promotional support.

Audience: Small Business Owners
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Staying safe
National

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Employers can require COVID-19 vaccines and offer incentives

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission finally cleared legal questions tied to how employers can increase the country’s vaccination rates. It is legal for companies to require workers to get coronavirus vaccines and companies can also offer unlimited rewards to workers to get vaccinated, as long as the employer doesn’t administer the vaccine.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Employees, Self-employed, Non-profits
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Staying safe
National

Health Action Alliance

Recursos de Vacunas para Pequeñas Empresas

Health Action Alliance ha creado un conjunto de herramientas para propietarios de pequeñas empresas acerca de la vacuna COVID-19, que incluye recursos sobre cómo hablar con sus empleados, y pasos que usted debe tomar para facilitar el proceso de vacunación.

 

Audience: Small Business Owners, Self-employed, Non-profits
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Staying safe
National

Health Action Alliance

Small Business Vaccine Resources

The Health Action Alliance has created a toolkit for small business owners around the Covid-19 vaccine, including resources for talking to your employees, and steps you can take to make it easier for them to get vaccinated. 

Audience: Small Business Owners, Self-employed, Non-profits
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Staying safe
National

Internal Revenue Service

COVID-19 Vaccine Tax Credit

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) allows small and midsize employers, and certain governmental employers, to claim refundable tax credits that reimburse them for the cost of providing paid sick and family leave to their employees due to COVID-19, including leave taken by employees to receive or recover from COVID-19 vaccinations. The ARP tax credits are available to eligible employers that pay sick and family leave for leave from April 1, 2021, through September 30, 2021.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Employees, Self-employed, Non-profits
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Corporate loan/grant programs
National

SoGal Foundation

Black Founder Startup Grant

SoGal Foundation has teamed up with Winky Lux, bluemercury, twelveNYC, Twilio, Walmart.org’s Center for Racial Equity and other sponsors to make a small step towards progress by providing several $10K and $5K cash grants to Black women or nonbinary entrepreneurs.

Audience: Small Business Owners
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Selling online
National

eBay

Escuela del Vendedor

Si esta conectando su empresa en línea  o si está buscando expandir su presencia en el comercio electrónico, el curso guiado de la escuela del vendedor de seis semanas de eBay puede ser adecuado para usted. Puede ir a su propio ritmo, obtener consejos de los expertos de eBay y unirse a seminarios web en directo para obtener más información sobre cómo maximizar sus ventas en la plataforma.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Self-employed
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Corporate loan/grant programs
National

Comcast

Comcast RISE

Comcast RISE se compromete a apoyar a las pequeñas empresas que han sido las más afectadas por el impacto económico de la pandemia. Si su empresa califica, tendrá la oportunidad de recibir consultas de marketing, ubicaciones en medios, servicios comerciales de producción creativa o servicios tecnológicos de Effectv y Comcast Business. A partir del 24 de noviembre de 2020, todos los propietarios de pequeñas empresas BIPOC serán elegibles para postularse.

Audience: Small Business Owners
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