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SBA Increases EIDL Processing by 20X, Announces PPP Changes

More big news coming out of the SBA this week, including more major increases in EIDL loan increase processing and PPP loan forgiveness changes. Plus there's economic news today that underlies all of this. We've recapped it all below and in today's video update.

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Sneak Peek at Skip's Funding Tracker

A quick members-only sneak peek for our latest feature — Skip's Funding Tracker — a better way to track your funding progress for your business and get curated funding opportunities every single week. Watch the below intro video from our founder Ryder to get a sneak peek. This is

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SBA Releases EIDL Loan Increase Backlog Data

In a follow-up briefing this morning, the SBA released additional information regarding the EIDL loan increase total backlog, the average loan applications reviewed per day, and the average EIDL loan reviews per day by each loan officer. We've unpacked all the new information in today's

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SBA Gives Date for All EIDL Loan Increase Decisions

The SBA EIDL loan increase process improves—how many applications are being reviewed each day, and when applicants can expect to hear back.

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Daily Videos Roundup

The latest video from Ryder is below — and a round up of all recent YouTube videos! Check here daily for new videos and hit subscribe [https://bit.ly/35Ixlrm] on our YouTube channel to see new videos first. Time to binge! New: For the latest videos we're now

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Live Q&A On All Things SBA and EIDL Happening Now

We're doing a Friday afternoon chat Q&A from 2pm PST to 4pm PST (approximately) with Ryder and Dan from our team! If you miss us chatting, leave a note anyway since we'll try to answer questions over the weekend. If you're on

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Submit Your Questions on EIDL, PPP, and Other Funding Opportunities

Do you have questions about EIDL loan increases or EIDL grants, or perhaps about PPP loan forgiveness? Or, maybe you're interested in other funding opportunities? We're doing a live Q&A later this week and you can now submit questions ahead of time. Here'

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Breaking: SBA Sends Mass EIDL Loan Decline Letters in Error (Reports)

📌 This is a developing story, check back for more developments It's been reported that many EIDL loan increase applicants may have received an EIDL loan increase decline letter in error recently due to a system problem with the SBA. We've been unable to verify this problem,

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Video Update From Ryder — Wednesday July 14

Here's the quick video update from our founder Ryder to say a quick hello, give a grant and funding roundup summary, and a few other tips on EIDL loans and private loan options.

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What To Email the SBA if You're Still Waiting for EIDL Loan Increase

According to our recent survey data on YouTube, 85% of people are still waiting for their EIDL Loan Increase. Here's an email you can send to the SBA to try to speed things up.

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SBA EIDL Loan Increase Approval Predictions for This Week

Since March 2020, 3.8 million small businesses in the U.S. have received loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA) — COVID-19 EIDL loans to be specific. When Isabel Guzman took over as SBA Administrator in March, one of her first acts was to increase the COVID-19 EIDL

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Weekly Small Business Roundup: EIDL Loan Approvals, Inequality in Relief Programs, Cryptocurrency

A quick recap of the most important small business news from the past week, covered on the Skip blog [https://helloskip.com/blog]. There was news on the major government grant and loan programs, a scathing report on the restaurant grant program, tips on creating a budget for businesses, and

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Here's What the EIDL Loan Increase Approval Process Is Like

Since that announcement in March, we've been tracking EIDL loan increases on a weekly basis. This post goes over that coveted last step — getting a loan officer to review and approve your EIDL loan increase request.

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SBA Begins Accepting Targeted EIDL Grant Reconsiderations

The SBA began allowing people to email to be reconsidered for their Targeted EIDL Grant if they've been denied. The SBA announced this late yesterday, and it's welcome news for the high percentage of people who've been denied. Of all of the people who&

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Coming Soon — Even More Funding Opportunities

A special preview today on our 2.0 app release that's coming very soon. We've listened to your feedback and we've seen what's been helping you the most — so we're adding more grants, more funding partners, and more funding opportunities.

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Restaurant Revitalization Fund Recipients Shows the Stark Inequality of Relief Programs

Last week, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Isabel Guzman, announced [https://www.sba.gov/article/2021/jul/02/sba-administrator-announces-closure-restaurant-revitalization-fund-program] the closure of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF). The $28.6 billion fund, signed into law as part of

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Breaking: EIDL Loan Increase Total Approval Numbers

Since the pandemic began, around 10 million small business owners around the US have benefited from the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Economic Injury and Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. In fact, under the Biden Administration, the new head of the SBA, Isabel Guzman, has made a number of policy

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Announcing our DMV Wiki for all your DMV-Related Questions

Wondering what the latest DMV procedures are coming out of COVID? Do you need an appointment to renew your driver's license or can you do it online? How about transferring your vehicle from out-of-state? And what about the Real ID deadline? Since 2016, we've

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New EIDL Loan Increase *Proposal*

Today, we submitted a letter to SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman with three important recommendations on how to make improvements for the EIDL Advances and EIDL loan increases. We've copied the full text of the letters below which is based on the feedback from tens of thousands of small

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Biden Unlikely to Reach July 4th Vaccination Goal

In this week's brief coronavirus update — with the 4th of July two weeks away — it's unlikely the US will reach the 70% vaccination rate President Biden set earlier this year. Instead, Biden is focusing on another metric. Here's the quick recap of the past

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Targeted EIDL Grant Approval Rate Increases

Updated June 19, 2021 The latest SBA Targeted EIDL grant weekly approval rate jumped from 12% to 15% this past week. The total Targeted EIDL Grant approvals is now nearly 164,000 — a jump up from 142,000 approvals the previous week. Plus, Supplemental EIDL Grants have also increased 17%

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How Many Targeted EIDL Grants Have Been Distributed in Your State?

Updated June 5, 2021 Over $20B was approved for Targeted EIDL grant funding in December 2020 — a way for certain businesses to be eligible for the full $10,000 EIDL Advances regardless of their number of employees. However, progress has been slow and as of June 5 — nearly 5 months

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SBA Opens Up Targeted EIDL Grants to More People

Last week, SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman announced [https://helloskip.com/blog/eidl-grants-to-open-to-more-people-weekly-recap/] that the EIDL Grants will begin to open up to more people in June. Reports are coming in that new invites are now being sent out to people — inviting them

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Now Open: Limited Monthly Business Funding and Growth Support

We're excited to announce this to members exclusively today: Over the past year our team, led by our founder Ryder, has directly helped several hundred small business owners with 1-on-1 support and guidance. Based on popular demand, we're opening this up today to around

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Small Business Grants and Loans Round-up, May 31

Today's small business funding opportunities includes new $10K grant programs for women-owned and black-owned business. Plus, there are new UPS $5K grants and low-interest loan options up to $100K.