Join the SBA's Office of Investment and Innovation for its inaugural innovation venture showcase, the America’s Seed Fund Startup Expo on May 25, 2022. Get inspired during this free, virtual event, as entrepreneurs will showcase technology supported by America’s Seed Fund, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer [...]
Grants $500,000 in Funding to Help Small Businesses Qualify for Government Contracts Trenton, N.J. (May 11, 2022) – The New Jersey Economic Development (NJEDA) Board today approved two contracts, one with the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey (AACCNJ) and one with the Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey [...]
Have you heard? Hello Alice has partnered with Progressive Commercial Insurance to offer Driving Small Business Forward, a grant program supporting Hispanic entrepreneurs. The Driving Small Business Forward Grant Program will award recipients a $25,000 grant for use toward the purchase of a commercial vehicle specifically used for business. Eligible [...]
TRENTON – To support the creation and expansion of apprenticeships throughout the state, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) today announced a total of $7 million in available funding under the Growing Apprenticeship In Nontraditional Sectors (GAINS), Pre-Apprenticeship in Career Education (PACE), and Youth Transitions [...]
Every year in America, 1 in 5 adults experiences some form of mental illness, 1 in 20 experiences a serious mental illness and 17 million experience a substance use disorder and mental illness. Despite the prevalence of mental health conditions, there’s still a stigma around discussing mental health and [...]
Did you miss the National Small Business Week Virtual Summit? You can still catch some of the highlights on SBA's YouTube channel. During the week, SBA also hit the road for the Building a Better America Through Entrepreneurship bus tour. Catch highlights from the tour as SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman met with inspiring [...]
US Census Bureau - Small Business Data Products - A curated list of small business data products and data tools. Small Business Pulse Survey: Measures the effect of changing business conditions during the Coronavirus pandemic on our nation's small businesses. County Business Patterns: Provides sub-national economic data by industry and [...]
The work opportunity tax credit is a federal tax credit available to employers for hiring individuals from certain target groups who have consistently faced significant barriers to employment. This credit is available for wages paid to certain individuals who begin work on or before December 31, 2025. Here’s more information about the requirements [...]
Governor Phil Murphy today visited Union Coffee in Lambertville, an LGBTQ+-owned coffee shop, to sign Executive Order No. 295 instructing the New Jersey Department of the Treasury to establish a State-backed certification program for LGBTQ+-owned business enterprises. Certification, which will be free of charge, would expand access to public and private [...]
NJ Tech & Life Sciences Companies Can Now Apply to Sell Their Net Operating Losses & Unused Research & Development Tax Credits for Cash TRENTON, N.J. (May 3, 2022) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) today announced that it has opened applications for the 2022 Technology Business Tax [...]
