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

Colorado Housing Industry Small Business Loans

Colorado Housing Enterprises provides loans to small-business owners who cannot access affordable bank loans. Our loans can be used for any business purpose: supplies/inventory, equipment, lease improvements, vehicles, purchasing a business, real estate acquisition and development and working capital. Fixed-rate, fully amortizing term loans. from $15,000 to $250,000. 6-9% interest rate -far lower than credit card rates and other non-bank lenders. Up to 15 year terms, with no prepayment penalty. Build your credit: all loans reported to credit bureaus. Loan products always offered in combination with free one-on-one business coaching.

Area served: Colorado
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Colorado

Opportunity Zone Capital Accelerator Program

Applications are open from July 20 to August 31 for the second cohort of businesses for an Opportunity Zone program that provides free consulting services to businesses to help them secure OZ business investment. For small businesses and low-income communities, access to working capital is a perennial barrier that is further heightened by current economic conditions. The opportunity zones business incentive provides these businesses with a much needed economic tool. OEDIT is working with the Colorado Center for Innovation in Community Capital (CC4ICC) to encourage investments in opportunity zone businesses throughout the state. As a part of the program, CC4ICC will be guiding 10 opportunity zone businesses through the process of: Developing a pitch deck, Business planning, Connecting with investors, Securing investment.

Area served: Colorado
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Colorado

Square Capital Loan Program

Eligible Square sellers can get access to business loans from $500–$250,000. Log in to your Dashboard to see if your business has a loan offer. Application only takes a few clicks and there are no long forms to fill out or long waiting periods. All loans are subject to credit approval. Applying won’t affect your credit score. If approved, your business loan is deposited in your bank account as soon as the next business day so you can put your money to work fast. Pay off your loan with convenient automatic deductions from your Square daily card sales so you never have to think about it. We just ask that it’s paid back in 18 months and that you hit your minimum every 60 days.

Area served: Colorado
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Colorado

Main Street Phoenix Project

Are you a business owner with more than 5 employees? Could you use additional capital to re-open after a COVID related closure, or do you need capital to be able to help re-open at all? Are you interested in ensuring your employees are taken care of, now and into the future? Investments from MSPP and its partners can help you re-open post COVID, or provide you an avenue to sell your business that ensures your employees are taken care of and your business continues.

Area served: Colorado
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Digital Undivided

digitalundivided (DID) Entrepreneurship Programs

digitalundivided (DID) serves as a catalyst for Black and Latinx women entrepreneurs, leading the development of programming that takes you from START to success. Whether you just have an idea or you’re ready to make the commitment to start your company, DID has a program for you. START: A virtual training program for those just getting started on their entrepreneurial journey. BIG: A fast-paced incubator program for high-potential, Black and Latinx women-led startups. CONFIDENT FOUNDERS: A leadership coaching program for Black and Latinx women entrepreneurs.

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Audience: Small Business Owners

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

Colorado

Intel Capital Diversity Initiative

Focused on underrepresented tech entrepreneurs. Initially envisioned as a five-year, $125 million fund, the Intel Capital Diversity Initiative was expanded in October 2016 to also invest in startups led by entrepreneurs living with disabilities, U.S.-based entrepreneurs from the LGBTQ community, and U.S. military veterans. Through September 2019, Intel Capital Diversity Initiative has invested $381M in companies led by diverse teams; such companies make up 15 percent of the active portfolio. All Intel Capital investments cover a broad spectrum of innovative industries, including artificial intelligence, autonomous mobility, data center and cloud, 5G communications and next-generation compute. To learn more about our investment sectors, visit Intel Capital Portfolio.

Area served: Colorado
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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.

Area served: Colorado
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National Resources

Government loan/grant programs
National

CDC Small Business Finance

Commercial Real Estate Loan

You can use an SBA 504 loan to buy, construct or improve commercial real estate or to purchase heavy equipment. 

Audience: Small Business Owners

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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