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RECOVERY PROGRAMS
As we move into recovery, more programs are launching to support businesses. They are listed below and will continue to grow over the fall and winter period.
Enterprise Center
Small Business Technical Assistance Grant Program
This program is designed to meet businesses where they are, and provide individual Solutions and peer support to address the economic needs a small businesses that have been made vulnerable as a result of COVID-19. The Program offers four service components: 20 hours of self-selected, personalized Consulting Services, participation in a peer advisory CEO group, direct technical assistance on stabilizing a business and getting a capital ready, and state certification as an SDO business.
Industry
Size
All
Needs
Improve business operations
Program Delivery
Contact
(978) 542-7528
Center for Urban Entrepreneurship
Beauty and Personal Services Businesses support program
This offering is being catered to a specific entrepreneur profile: beauty & personal care services businesses who did not qualify for a PPP loan and need a stabilization plan and operations retooling/support to get their businesses back on track in COVID-19. Additional reopening and general business training for barbers will be delivered to this sector by Janin Duran Consulting; complementing this cohort work.
Industry
Size
Needs
Stabilize business for future growth
Program Delivery
Contact
(617) 763-4958
Janin Duran
Consulting Group
Janin Duran Consulting Group works directly with corporations, government agencies, and non-profit organizations that want to connect, serve and support the Spanish-speaking business community by providing culturally adapted and result-oriented solutions. They specifically offer Cultural Adaptation of English Language Programs to Serve Spanish-speaking community. She will analyze client current curriculum/materials, Identify elements requiring adaptation, adaptation and translation of curriculum/materials. Offering Content Creation and Implementation of Targeted Business Workshops, Communication / Marketing Strategy, Grassroots Outreach / Targeted Outreach, Website Analysis (including social media).
Industry
Size
Businesses
Non-profits
Government
Needs
Support the Spanish-speaking business community
Program Delivery
Contact
EforAll & EparaTodos
Start-Up & Small Business Accelerator
At EforAll we turn dreams into businesses. We offer public events, workshops, mentorship, and a free business accelerator program offered twice a year in English and Spanish. This program offers a unique combination of immersive business training, mentorship and access to an extended professional network. Anyone with a dream to start, pivot, or grow a business or nonprofit is encouraged to apply. EforAll and EparaTodos programs are open to all and intentionally serve under-represented and under-connected entrepreneurs.
Industry
Size
All
Needs
Build
Stabilize
Program Delivery
Contact
Eng: lianna@eforall.org
Esp: andres@eparatodos.org
(833) 336-7255
Mill Cities Community Investments (MCCI)
Small Business Reopening and Resilience Training Program
Provide virtual classroom and 1:1 Business Technical Assistance and capacity building to assist businesses with reopening, accounting stability, and connections to grants and capital.
Industry
Size
All
Needs
Technical Assist.
Capacity Building
Reopening
Stabilize
Funding
Program Delivery
Contact
aaron.lackman@mccinvest.org(978) 258-2772
Surfside Capital Advisors & Amplify Latinx
Business Recovery & Capital Readiness Program
This Program will serve 10 Latinx main streets businesses, such as restaurants, retailers, bodegas, barber shops and salons that have between $100,000 - $500,000 in annual revenues and need support with pivoting and digital transformation to sustain the business.
Industry
Size
Needs
Strategic Planning
Program Delivery
Contact
luis@surfcapadvisors.com(617) 433-5375
Foundation for Business Equity
Business Equity Initiative (BEI)
Our flagship program—the Business Equity Initiative—(BEI) provides Black- or Latinx-owned matching businesses with highly qualified Strategic Advisors who spend 6-9 months developing and helping to implement strategic plans.
Industry
Size
All
Needs
Access to capital
Strategic Planning
Program Delivery
Contact
(617) 230-6051
Rethink Restaurants
One-on-One Consulting Services
This program is meant for those restaurants who are in immediate danger of closing. With these clients, we will work closely with ownership and management to create a 13-week cash flow using RTR tools. Based on that document, we can assess how much runway a given business has left and create systems/plans to extend that runway. Clients involved in 1:1 consulting will receive one-hour weekly meetings, RTR tools (ie cash flow and menu costing) and e-mail/text/call assistance throughout.
Industry
Size
Needs
Immediate, Intensive Business Assistance
Program Delivery
Contact
Rethink Restaurants
Cohort Workshop Series
The series can be thought of as a mini, restaurant-specific MBA. We cover nearly every aspect of running a restaurant (COGS control, Labor management, "financials as a management tool", Vendor negotiations, etc) and give participants the tools to implement industry best practices into their own businesses. The program also serves as an opportunity for collaboration and conversation between owners - the value of which cannot be overstated. Participants are required to commit to twelve workshops, held weekly, over the next several months. The workshop series start date is TBD, but we are targeting mid-November. The specific date depends on enrollment.
Industry
Size
Needs
Business Development (immediately actionable)
Program Delivery
Contact