Contributing to the economic and entrepreneurial growth in
Massachusetts since 1980
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Visit our dedicated COVID-19 page featuring useful resources, articles and free archived webinar listings at www.msbdc.org/covid-19. |
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Massachusetts Updates Gov. Charlie
Baker announces coronavirus reopening plan for
Massachusetts.
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SBA Updates Jun 18, 2020 - Last Chance to Apply for Paycheck Protection Program Funds: June 30 Deadline! Time is running out to apply for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan to help your small business through the COVID-19 crisis. There is still more than $120 billion available and the June 30 deadline to apply is fast approaching! Click here for details on PPP loan. May 5, 2020 - If you entered an application for EIDL (Economic Injury Disaster Loan) and have a confirmation number starting with a “2", you probably used an older application version. If you have not already done so, please go back into the SBA application and use the streamlined version (link below) to receive a confirmation number the starts with a “3” (even though it says “agricultural” on the application still re-apply). To resubmit your information, go to https://covid19relief.sba.gov/#/. SBA will match your two applications and keep your application in the queue. Please contact the local MSBDC office to make an appointment with your advisor, or be assigned to an advisor, to help you with the streamlined application. |
| Interested in learning about financial programs available under the CARES act? Watch our webinar. Click here for details. |
| The Senate Small Business Committee releases a Guide to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act |
| Small businesses already feeling huge drop in demand due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), new study shows. A just released national study found that 69 percent of U.S. small businesses have already experienced a large drop in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic and 60 percent believe demand will continue to decline. Read more. |
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To protect the health and safety of our clients and
employees, until further notice, MSBDC advising
will be offered virtually. Staff are working
remotely and can be reached via email, telephone
or virtual meetings during normal business
hours. We are committed to supporting
entrepreneurs during these very challenging
times. If you are not a MSBDC client and would like to
receive free and confidential services, please complete our online
Request for Counseling form at
www.msbdc.org/rfc.
MSBDC.org has a dedicated
COVID-19 page with helpful resources, articles
and free webinar links.
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This survey is for small
businesses with 500 employees or less. It’s
available in English, Spanish, Portuguese,
Haitian Creole and Mandarin. It should take less
than 10 minutes of your time. Your answers will
be analyzed together with other responses and
will never be used to identify you personally.
This survey will be open for a short period of
time. Please respond as soon as possible. MassINC is raffling five
$100 VISA gift cards for respondents that
provide an email. Thank you very much for
participating in this important initiative.
Please feel free to share this survey with other
Massachusetts business owners to ensure wide
representation. |
To protect the
health and safety of our clients and employees,
until further notice, MSBDC advising will be
offered virtually. Staff are working remotely
and can be reached via email or
telephone. We are committed to supporting
entrepreneurs during these very challenging
times. If you are not currently a client, please
visit our
Successful entrepreneurs continually seek ways to improve the management and operation of their business, often seeking outside advice to help with particular challenges. Studies consistently show that Massachusetts citizens receive a strong return on their investment by utilizing the services of the MSBDC Network. Our clients outperform other businesses in the state in average sales and job growth.
The Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network is committed to helping your business succeed in Massachusetts. We provide free, confidential, one-to-one business assistance and free or low-cost educational training programs to prospective and existing small businesses throughout the Commonwealth. The MSBDC fosters the start, growth and sustainability of small business by providing high-quality, in-depth advising, training and capital access.
Areas of assistance include, but are not limited to: business plan development, preventure feasibility, cash flow analysis, personnel and organizational issues, conventional and non-conventional financing, marketing, international trade, SBIR and government procurement.
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This is an opportunity to fund technical assistance grants for
not-for-profits to
augment advising and training services provided by the
Massachusetts SBDC.
Click here for details
Massachusetts Small Business Development Center
Network
Tillson House
University of Massachusetts
23 Tillson Farm Road
Amherst, MA 01003
413-545-6301 | Fax 413-545-1273