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

Female Founders Club

An early-stage fund investing in the exponential power of exceptional female talent. The fund invests in areas where women-led startups have incredible impact: e-commerce, web-enabled products and services, marketplaces, and platforms. Marketplaces: Technology services that connect buyers and sellers across B2B and B2C industries. E-commerce: Direct-to-consumer brands, building their businesses with technology at the core. Web-Enabled Services: Powerful service operations enabled by location and mobile data. Platform: Disruptive networks and communities connected via technology solutions.

Area served: Colorado
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Colorado

Colorado Mountain College

Colorado Mountain College Back to Business Consulting

In an effort to aid our local businesses and business professionals, Colorado Mountain College is offering no-cost coaching, live educational trainings and consultation services to in-district businesses (see CMC District Map) during this time of need. CMC Faculty are ready to support you in this time of need. Through connection to faculty, we are able to provide personalized answers to your questions, link you to resources and provide tools to get you back to business. CMC is offering free educational training and live webinars to get you back to business. We are enlisting the support of CMC faculty and community content experts in developing these educational resources.

Area served: Colorado
Audience: Small Business Owners, Self-employed, Non-profits

Colorado

The Venture League

Black Girl Ventures (BGV) is a culturally converging ecosystem igniting economic security, civic engagement, and hyperlocal infrastructure at the intersection of STEM education and entrepreneurship for Black and Brown woman-identifying founders, funders, and veterans. Become a member to: Share and receive resources. Learn from and connect with experts. Make new friends and business connections. Talk through challenges and celebrate victories. Engage in culturally relevant entrepreneurial learning experiences. Gain access to: Coaching. Feedback. Community. Social and Financial Capital. Free and paid membership options.

Area served: Colorado
Audience: Small Business Owners

Colorado

OnwardCO

Have you lost your job? One-stop resource for the people of Colorado impacted by job loss during the COVID-19 Pandemic. How does OnwardCO work? 3 Simple Steps to Meet You Where You Are: Connect to Essential Life Services (Money, Food, Shelter, etc.), Spacer Image, Connect to Retraining Opportunities, Connect to Your Next Job

Area served: Colorado
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Colorado

Colorado University

CO Venture Forward

Whether you’re a small business owner or the founder of a high-growth startup, these are trying times. And it’s during these trying times that quick support and feedback from seasoned, battle-hardened mentors can make all the difference in your business operations. If you’re a seasoned business owner, your community needs you! Now more than ever, our shared business community here in Colorado needs help. As with any downturn, small business owners and entrepreneurs are working hard to keep the lights on and minimize the impact to their employees. It’s scary, particularly when you’re not sure if the decisions you’re making are the right ones. That’s where quality mentorship can help.

Area served: Colorado
Audience: Small Business Owners, Self-employed

Colorado

Innosphere Ventures Incubator Program

Accelerating the success of science and technology companies with a venture capital fund, a robust commercialization program, and facilities. We have locations in Fort Collins, Boulder, Denver, and Castle Rock and continue to grow our presence year after year. We’re a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization with a strong mission to create jobs and grow Colorado’s entrepreneurship ecosystem. The Innosphere Ventures program focuses on ensuring companies are investor-ready, connecting entrepreneurs with experienced advisors, making introductions to corporate partners, exit planning, accelerating top line revenue growth, and so much more! While the Innosphere Ventures incubator program does not take equity in companies, the Innosphere Fund evaluates all companies to be considered for seed stage investments of up to $150,000 at the beginning of the company’s Innosphere engagement.

Area served: Colorado
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Colorado

Rockies Venture Club Pitch Application

RVC is one of the largest and most active angel groups in the country. In 2016 RVC investors funded 17 companies by syndicating with a nationwide network of angel groups that are a part of the Angel Capital Association, and local VCs. Every company that pitches with RVC is provided a complimentary pass Pitch Academy. This workshop is used by local SBDC’s and Colorado’s OEDIT Advanced Industries Grant Program. By working with a group of angels, your company only has to go through a due diligence process. The club’s professional due diligence team produces best-of-breed reports that are invaluable in syndicating with other individual angels and groups.

Area served: Colorado
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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

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

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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National Resources

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

Corporate loan/grant programs
National

Comcast

Comcast RISE

Comcast RISE se compromete a apoyar a las pequeñas empresas que han sido las más afectadas por el impacto económico de la pandemia. Si su empresa califica, tendrá la oportunidad de recibir consultas de marketing, ubicaciones en medios, servicios comerciales de producción creativa o servicios tecnológicos de Effectv y Comcast Business. A partir del 24 de noviembre de 2020, todos los propietarios de pequeñas empresas BIPOC serán elegibles para postularse.

Audience: Small Business Owners

Employee relations
National

Conveners.org

Resilience Compass

Resilience Compass se formó en respuesta a la crisis de COVID-19 como un servicio público colaborativo. Este grupo de socios, dirigido por Conveners.org, tiene como objetivo ayudar a las pequeñas empresas, cooperativas y organizaciones sin fines de lucro a navegar tranquilamente por aguas desconocidas mientras aceleran su camino hacia la recuperación. Resilience Compass tiene como objetivo brindar recursos útiles y orientación de un espectro de fuentes públicas, privadas y locales que se pueden filtrar según las necesidades más urgentes de su organización. Además de enfrentar el desafío de COVID 19, Resilience Compass tiene como objetivo ayudar a las comunidades que ya estaban enfrentando el legado de la opresión sistémica y la privación de derechos a obtener acceso a herramientas, recursos y conocimientos.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Employees, Self-employed, Non-profits

Human resources
National

Resilience Compass

Resilience Compass

The Resilience Compass was formed in response to the COVID-19 crisis as a collaborative public service. This group of partners, led by Conveners.org, aims to help small businesses, cooperatives, and nonprofits calmly navigate uncharted waters while accelerating their road to recovery. The Resilience Compass aims to bring helpful resources and guidance from a spectrum of public, private, and local sources that can be filtered to your organization's most pressing needs. In addition to meeting the challenge of COVID 19, the compass aims to help communities that were already facing the legacies of systemic oppression and disenfranchisement gain access to tools, resources and insights.

Audience: Small Business Owners, Employees, Self-employed, Non-profits