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For small businesses across America, 2020 has been one of the most challenging years in history. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, small business owners have been resilient, pivoting, and adapting their business models to navigate continually changing conditions. With the new year on the horizon, there are potential new opportunities to take advantage of and ways to adapt to challenges you may face. Here are a few business trends that are likely to dominate in 2021, along with tips on how to position your business for growth.
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Please join U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza on Thursday, January 7 at 1:00pm ET for a live webinar to announce the launch of Ascent. Ascent is a first-of-its-kind digital online learning platform geared to help women-owned small businesses grow and scale their existing business. ?
With Ascent, female?entrepreneurs will be able to utilize this?platform that?brings a modern, e-learning experience specifically targeted for women business owners.
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If you are looking for ways to grow your clientele in 2021, consider doing business with the federal government. The federal government aims to award at least 23% of all federal contracting dollars to small businesses each fiscal year. The federal government exceeded this goal in fiscal year 2019, awarding 26.5% or $132.9 billion in federal contract dollars to small businesses.
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Job Alert! SBA is now hiring attorneys, paralegals, credit analysts, loan officers, mortgage underwriters, customer service representatives and other workers to assist with disaster relief efforts. Bilingual skills are a plus.
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Federal Coronavirus Resources
State, local, and federal agencies are working together to maintain the safety, security, and health of the American people. Check out coronavirus.gov for updates from the White House's?Coronavirus (COVID-19) Task Force.?Go to cdc.gov for detailed information about COVID-19 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.? Visit?covid-sb.org, the official federal resource website for U.S. small businesses affected by COVID-19.
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Virtual Mentoring and Training?
Offices around the country may be closed due to the Coronavirus pandemic, but SCORE, Small Business Development Centers,?Women?s Business Centers, Veterans Business Outreach Centers and other resource partners are providing free business mentoring and training by phone, email, and video.
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