Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Startup America Partnership promises millions more in help

Being an entrepreneur is tough, but a three-month-old private entity, supported by government partnerships, is aiming to make it just a little bit easier. Over a dozen new businesses have pledged $400 million to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses. Source of article – Startup America Partnership helps small businesses grow by MoneyBlogNewz.

About the Startup America Partnership

The privately funded Startup America has a partnership with the U.S. federal government. They work together. The Startup America Partnership is technically a White House initiative however is privately funded and managed. Startup America aims to provide discounts and special programs to entrepreneurs to help them start and grow a business. The partnership provides preferred pricing and discounts to members of Startup America as well as workshops, classes and business information that could otherwise cost thousands of dollars. Over 60 percent of U.S. new jobs come from small businesses which also account for 44 percent of U.S. payroll. The partnership is meant to help encourage more of these small businesses to grow and hire.

An extra $400 million spent

Startup America made an announcement on April 20. Big-name businesses donated over $400 million to the organization. There was $125 million committed by American Express for Startup America corporations to get preferred pricing. About $100 million in Google Ad credits have been donated by Google. In May, “Startup Days” could be hosted by Facebook. HP is offering $100 million in discounts on products for startup businesses. There were several businesses involved in discounts as well. These involved Palindrome Advisors, The National Center for Women & Information Technology, LinkedIn, First Data, Ernst and Young and Cisco. Several partnerships with companies already existed. Included in this list are The Pearson Foundation, American Association of Community Colleges, Causecast, Intel, FirstData, Google, Intuit, Microsoft, Atisa, Cisco, Mass Challenge, IBM and Artists & Instigators.

Startup America takes anybody

The Startup America Partnership can help you in case you are a small company owner or have a business idea. Either before or after you’ve gotten unsecured loans to start your business, it’s as simple as signing up. Go to Startupamericaparternship.org, register, and start looking at deals. All the programs can be listed there, even though there are different needs for the different Startup America Partnership programs. You need to be able to conserve hundreds or thousands of dollars with the Startup America Partnership program dependent upon the business.

Information from

Startup America Partnership Website

startupamericapartnership.org/

SBA.gov

sba.gov/advocacy/7495/8420



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