2017 Colorado SBA InnovateHER Winner: Sara Davenport
… Session, as the state winner, citing the strength of her market analysis and detailed business plan. The SBA Colorado …
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SBA Announces Major Changes to Its Disaster Lending Program
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Landmark Theater Navigates COVID-19's Impact, Triumphantly Announces 2021-2022 Season
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/landmark-theater-navigates-covid-19s-impact-triumphantly-announces-2021-2022-season… its construction on downtown Wilmington, Del.’s vital Market Street commercial corridor in 1871, The Grand Opera … to herald economic rebirth – for the theater, for the Market Street mom-and-pops that are her neighbors, and for … -
White House and SBA Announce Landmark Investments in Vital Small Businesses and Start-ups Through the SBIC Program
https://www.sba.gov/blog/2024/2024-02/white-house-sba-announce-landmark-investments-vital-small-businesses-start-ups-through-sbic-program… (“AM”) production capabilities in lower-middle market businesses. The first SBA Accrual SBIC license … -
In Celebration of Black History Month, SBA Administrator Guzman Announces New Funding to Expand Outreach Centers for Women Entrepreneurs through Minority Serving Institutions
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Diesel engine operators can exhale with EPA's new DEF guidance
https://www.sba.gov/article/2025/08/12/diesel-engine-operators-can-exhale-epas-new-def-guidance… boasts 87,000 farms — most of which are family-owned. The market value of crops grown here, including nursery and greenhouse crops, is more than $20 billion. The market value of livestock, poultry, including beef, pork, … -
Peggy E. Gustafson, Inspector General, U.S. Small Business Administration, Before the Small Business Committee, United States House of Representatives, April 21, 2010
https://www.sba.gov/article/2010/apr/21/peggy-e-gustafson-inspector-general-us-small-business-administration-small-business-committee-united… recommended that SBA revise its procedures to clarify the analysis that CDCs should use to determine borrower repayment … higher guaranties, new SBA credit programs, secondary market incentives, and enhancements to current SBA programs. … -
Chatbots for Customer Service: How Small Businesses are Using Them
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Deck the Walls
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READOUT: Administrator Guzman Visits Navajo Nation Tribal Leaders and Native American Small Business Owners to Highlight Small Business Recovery Efforts
https://www.sba.gov/article/2022/feb/24/readout-administrator-guzman-visits-navajo-nation-tribal-leaders-native-american-small-business… Indigenous-owned & operated small businesses at a Flea Market in Window Rock, Az. Caption: U.S. Small Business … -
Coffee Shop in West Point Keeps Brewing Up Hospitality With PPP Loan from SBA
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/coffee-shop-west-point-keeps-brewing-hospitality-ppp-loan-sba… Know what you want to, make a plan, understand your market, and go for it!” The Center For Rural Affairs (CFRA), … enough revenue for them. “In our tiny towns, there is a market and a need for these things. I have a good handle on … -
Why Veterans Are Well-Suited to Become Business Owners—And the Lessons You Can Learn from Them
https://www.sba.gov/blog/why-veterans-are-well-suited-become-business-owners-lessons-you-can-learn-them… if you have the requisite data—R&D, customer feedback, market studies, and so forth—to back up the decision. When in … -
Business Leaders Applaud SBA’s Improved Empower to Grow (E2G) Program
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ICYMI: On Equal Pay Day, See What Americans Are Saying About SBA Efforts to Empower Women Entrepreneurs
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From Boots to Business
https://www.sba.gov/article/2020/jan/21/boots-business… sector resources. The training also includes a feasibility analysis practical exercise and an instructor-led, eight-week … -
SBA Administrator McMahon’s Statement on GDP Report for 3rd Quarter of 2018
https://www.sba.gov/article/2018/oct/29/sba-administrator-mcmahons-statement-gdp-report-3rd-quarter-2018… the following statement after the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported the U.S. economy expanded at a … -
SBA Administrator McMahon’s Statement on GDP Report for 2nd Quarter of 2018
https://www.sba.gov/article/2018/jul/30/sba-administrator-mcmahons-statement-gdp-report-2nd-quarter-2018… the following statement after the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported an already-strong U.S. economy is expanding … -
Critical Data and Best Practices Report Released in Evaluating Federal Business Assistance Programs
https://www.sba.gov/article/2017/may/05/critical-data-best-practices-report-released-evaluating-federal-business-assistance-programs… may also permit the evaluator to expand the scope of the analysis to include more years and consider additional … -
SBA and the Florida SBDC Network Launch Pilot Initiative to Help Businesses with Appeal Process
https://www.sba.gov/article/2022/dec/16/sba-florida-sbdc-network-launch-pilot-initiative-help-businesses-appeal-process… and were declined for an SBA disaster loan. “Our analysis of business applications showed nearly one hundred … -
Review of SBA's Implementation of the Federal Information Technology Reform Act
https://www.sba.gov/document/report-18-06-review-sbas-implementation-federal-information-technology-reform-act… of Federal Information Technology . The scope of our analysis included assessing the Agency’s progress in …