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Amex, Main Street America Announce $2.3 Million in Grants
As small business owners across the country continue to face a number of economic and other challenges American Express and Main Street America are teaming up to offer some relief. This week, the latest edition of “Backing Small Businesses” grant program was announced, with more than $2.3 million available to small business recipients. Eligible business owners can now apply for a chance to received a $5,000 grant. These funds can...
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Robinhood Introduces National Freelancer Day and Contest
The well-known (albeit controversial) investment app Robinhood has introduced a new holiday. Last week, the FinTech announced National Freelancer Day. Although the United Kingdom has established a similar celebration for June 16th, Robinhood has designated March 10th for the United States's honoring of freelance workers. Although the first annual holiday itself has now passed, a contest accompanying the celebration is still accepting applications. This contest will see 500 freelancers being...
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Nextdoor Introduces New Tools for Small Businesses
Small business owners looking to promote themselves on Nexdoor and reach more of their neighbors now have more ways to do so. This week, the popular app announced a new post composer, giving businesses more post format options. These new formats include Events, Polls, and Video. First, businesses can now create and share events on the Nextdoor platform. In addition to showing up in newsfeeds for users who "Fave" a...
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Amex Launches Third Annual Historic Restaurant Grant Program
For the third consecutive year, American Express is partnering with the National Trust for Historic Preservation to help small business owners. The "Backing Historic Small Restaurants" initiative will once again see the credit card company funding a total of $1 million in grants to 25 businesses, with each selected location being awarded $40,000. Additionally, the restaurants selected will be offered one complimentary year of ResyOS to help them streamline costs and...
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A Look at Intuit's "Small Business Big Impact Day"
By all accounts, Intuit is not a small business. However, with platforms such as TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp all under the Intuit umbrella, there's a good chance that consumers and entrepreneurs alike are at least familiar with the company's offerings. Now, to kick off Intuit's 40th anniversary, the firm recently found a way to support worthy small businesses and non-profit organizations at the same time. On February 15th,...
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Visa Introduces New Offers for Small Business Customers
For entrepreneurs, small business credit cards may have a lot to offer. What's more, beyond the specific rewards that a single card may feature, some business cards may have hidden benefits as well. Case in point: Visa has announced some new offers available to eligible small business Visa customers. First, two new promotions have been added to Visa SavingsEdge. Now, eligible Visa Small Business customers can get 50% off Yahoo's...
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