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7 Government Small Business Grants to Apply For in May 2024

Tech.Co

While there are endless private and government-backed loans to choose from, if you’re looking to evade strict repayment terms and steep interest rates, it could be worth considering government business grants. Government business grants are financial awards issued by federal, state, or local authorities.

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11 Small Business Grants and Loans to Apply For in 2024

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Grants tend to have more specialist eligibility requirements, however, so if you aren't eligible for financial aid we also list some lending options – including government-backed and private loans. It's competitive though – last year 18,000 applicants competed for only 12 slots.

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Gates Grant Helps Sirenas Extend Hunt for Drugs From Sea Organisms

Xconomy

San Diego-based Sirenas , which has developed technology to rapidly isolate and synthesize potential drug compounds from marine organisms, said it has received a $775,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Sirenas mounts underwater expeditions three or four times a year to collect organisms, Esquenazi said.

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Riot Games Creates College, High School Sports Body

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Los Angeles-based videogame publisher Riot Games has created a brand new organization to govern college esports, called the Riot Scholastic Association of America (RSAA). According to Riot Games, the new organization will be the governing body for Riot's college and high school esports activity.

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Why Selling To The Government Can Downgrade Your Startup

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Article first published as Why Selling To The Government Can Downgrade Your Startup on Technorati. Across Europe, historically solvent sovereign governments are suffering from an acute case of systemic deficits. Now, more than ever, government agencies in the US and abroad are lousy startup customers.

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Why Selling To The Government Can Destroy Your Startup

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Note: As a public service, I will happily offer the USPS a 15-minute course in “How To Use Google” at my special government rate of $150,000. The Downside Of Government Contracting. The abundance of incompetence and the utter lack of accountability are just two reasons why startups should avoid selling to the government.

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The Changing Venture Landscape

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And there is so much money around being thrown at so many entrepreneurs that many firms don’t even care about board seats, governance rights or heaven forbid doing work with the company because that would eat into the VCs time needed to chase 5 more deals. How our VC Firms Like Ours Organizing to Meet the Challenges?