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4 Memorial Day Weekend Travel Tips

If you're hitting the road this weekend, you're not alone. This is expected to be the busiest travel weekend in over a year. Whether you're traveling by car, plane, train, or bus, here are 4 important tips to keep in mind. If hitting the

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How to Save on Gas and Car Expenses This Holiday Weekend

As post-vaccination travel increases, this Memorial Day weekend is expected to be the busiest travel weekend in over a year. More travel demand means higher expenses, especially on gas and other car expenses. Here are a couple additional tips to save you money this weekend if you're

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Here's What's In Biden's $6 Trillion Budget Plan

President Biden unveiled his $6 trillion budget proposal on Friday, with big increases in spending on infrastructure, public health, and education, along with tax hikes on corporations and the wealthy. From what's in it for you to how will it be paid for, here's a quick

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EIDL Grants to Open To More People & Weekly Recap

Before you head off for your Memorial Day weekend, a quick recap on all the important small business and SBA funding news from the past week. Plus, a new $250,000 grant program goes live and the SBA will open up Targeted EIDL Grants to more people soon. Targeted and

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New $250,000 Grant Fund Goes Live Through Linktree

Linktree in partnership with Square has announced a $250,000 grant fund, called the Passion Fund, which will give grants up to $20,000 to 30 people.

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Here's Who's Received EIDL Loans and Advances to Date

Updated May 24, 2021 Millions of business owners and individuals across the US have received EIDL loans and EIDL Advances — and millions more are still waiting for EIDL loan increases, Targeted EIDL Advances and Supplemental EIDL Advances. We've pulled publicly available recipient data into a EIDL loan and

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SBA Approves $200M in New Supplemental Grants

The SBA released their weekly report on EIDL loans, Targeted EIDL grants, and Supplemental EIDL grants yesterday. The results overall showed progress, although questions still remain on the overall EIDL approval progress. Here's the summary of the report, including state-by-state approval data for the EIDL grants.

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SBA Issues Guidance on EIDL Grant Errors

Today the SBA has issued new guidance in response to a common problem among Targeted EIDL grant and Supplement EIDL grant recipients. In many cases, applicants have been "Approved" and "Funded" only to then see an "Error" message on their portal. This in most

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State-by-State SBA EIDL Funding Approvals

As of July 2021, the SBA has released the latest data [https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/2021-07/COVID-19%20EIDL%20TA%20STA_07.01.2021_Public-508.pdf] on EIDL loan and grant approvals. We've listed out state-by-state approvals to make it easy

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SBA Releases Targeted and Supplemental EIDL Advance Data

It's been a busy week for the small business assistance programs and SBA EIDL programs. Here's a quick recap, including what you might have missed. We announced [https://helloskip.com/blog/heres-whos-received-eidl-loans-and-advances-to-date/] an EIDL Advance and loan recipient

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Need Supporting Information for your SBA EIDL Loan?

A quick post on one of the more common questions from SBA loan officers when you're requesting an SBA EIDL Loan or SBA EIDL Loan increase. SBA Loan Officers often ask for official documentation that the business owner has been approved by the Board to seek the EIDL

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Tell Us What You Want In Skip!

We're working on the latest version of the app. What else would you like to see? And how are you finding the app so far? 👉 Select what you want on next app version [http://helloskip.com/app-feedback]

eidl Featured

Exclusive: SBA Information On Targeted EIDL Reopening & Identity Theft

This update includes information on the Inspector General Identity Theft report and what to do if you want to ensure your identity hasn't been used in a fraudulent EIDL loan or Advance.

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Supplemental EIDL Advances Being Approved

We've been hearing numerous reports over the last few days that Supplemental EIDL Advances are being both approved and funded. Here's a recap of what the Supplemental is, some tips if you need to take action, and what people are seeing on their SBA portal and

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The 3 Most Surprising Targeted EIDL Grant Approval Trends (With Data)

Here's the latest look at data on both EIDL Advance and Targeted EIDL Advance approval. In particular, we've broken down how much actual Targeted EIDL Advance progress has been made, state-by-state. Overall, there's reason to be cautiously optimistic if you're

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Step-by-Step Instructions to New $5K EIDL Grant from the SBA

Updated Thursday April 29 at 1:30pm EST Earlier this week, the SBA began emailing small business owners regarding the new $5,000 Supplemental EIDL Grants. These grants are in addition to the full $10,000 Targeted EIDL Grants and are first-come, first-served. 1 million businesses will be

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Step-by-Step Guide to the Restaurant Revitalization Fund

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced they will begin registrations for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF)on Friday, April 30, 2021, at 9 a.m. EDT and open applications on Monday, May 3, 2021, at noon EDT for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. The online application will remain open

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Want the SBA to Increase Targeted EIDL Grant Eligibility?

On Friday, April 24 the SBA announced details for the additional $5K EIDL Grants [https://helloskip.com/blog/sba-announces-5-000-supplemental-eidl-grant-details/]. This new program will allow 1 million businesses to get an additional $5,000 if they qualify for a Targeted EIDL Advance and meet

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SBA Announces $5,000 Supplemental EIDL Grant Details

On Friday, the SBA announced the new $5,000 Supplemental EIDL Grant program. This program —which has $5 billion allocated as part of the latest stimulus package — will help 1 million of the hardest hit small businesses get an additional $5,000 in EIDL Grants. Here's what you

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SBA Releases EIDL Loan Increase Next Steps

Steps for business owners requesting additional EIDL Loan funding. We will be adding more information as it becomes available.

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SBA Clarifies EIDL Loan and PPP Loan Changes

Here's a quick recap of important news from today you may have missed, related to Targeted EIDL Grants, EIDL Loan Increases, PPP Loan Increases, a new $10,000 grant opportunity, and details on the Restaurant Revitalization fund. New $10,000 Grant Opportunity Yesterday we covered in-depth a

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How to Apply for $10,000 Grant Program through KKR?

There's a new grant program for small businesses in the US with between 5 and 50 employees. According to their application, this also includes independent contractors. The other two eligibility criteria are you must have less than $7MM USD in annual revenue and have a demonstrated need for

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How to Apply for $10,000 Grant Program for Small Businesses by KKR Fund

KKR, an investment fund in partnership with Hello Alice, has a new $10,000 Grant Program to help certain small businesses. The application process is fairly straightforward and we think it's a great opportunity. If eligible, you should strongly consider applying.

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Check Potential EIDL Loan Increase Amount & Progress

We've just released a brand-new tracker on the Skip app: Our EIDL Loan Increase Tracker [https://helloskip.com/reminders/eidl_loan_tracker] (open on mobile only). On the Skip app you can find it on the Badges screen or Dashboard screen. What's the Timing for

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SBA Grants and Loan Program Weekly Roundup

Here's a quick update on everything you need to know from the past week when it comes to SBA's programs as well as other small business funding information. Here's a recap [https://helloskip.com/blog/targeted-eidl-grant-approvals-are-progressing/] we did earlier