ChallengeHER: New Orleans | Crowdfunding | Supply Chains and Small Businesses

Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Crowdfunding – Is it Right for Your Business? Where Do You Start? Heard the buzz about crowdfunding but not sure how it can help you finance your business? Is crowdfunding even right for you? Here's some information and tips to help explain crowdfunding concepts and how you can take advantage of them to fund your business. > Read more   Register for ChallengeHER: New Orleans – Insights for Women-Owned Businesses in Federal Contracting Join us for the next ChallengeHER Event in New Orleans on July 26, 2013. This event will help women-owned small businesses learn how to take part in the WOSB Federal Contract Program and grow their businesses through federal contracting. > Register now   Hurricane Sandy Small Business Recovery & Matchmaking Event SBA and the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force are teaming up to host the Hurricane Sandy Small Business Recovery and Matchmaking Summit on August 7th—the first event of its kind in the region since the disaster —to connect small businesses to commercial buyers from the private sector and federal, state and local governments. >RSVP   Strengthening America's Small Business Supply Chain To build on its recent initiatives to support the onshoring of more American manufacturing and the expansion of America's entrepreneurial infrastructure, SBA is now seeking proposals to conduct supply chain analysis of disrupted or at-risk regional manufacturing communities. > Read more   SBA Signs Symbolic Alliance with the Native American Contractors Association To widen SBA's reach to Native American entrepreneurs and boost their opportunities, SBA and the Native American Contractors Association (NACA) have signed a strategic alliance memorandum to help support the creation, development and expansion of small businesses in the American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian communities. > Read more Are You Prepared For a Disaster? Start your disaster recovery plan today with free tools from SBA. LEARN MORE Counseling and Training Get free business training and counseling - online and across the country.  LEARN MORE Online Government Contracting Training Understanding government contracts and how to obtain them. LEARN MORE     SUBSCRIBER SERVICES: Manage Your Preferences  |  Unsubscribe  |  Help STAY CONNECTED: All SBA programs and services are provided on a nondiscriminatory basis | Reasonable accommodations will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance  This email was sent to buzzhairs@gmail.com by Small Business Administration (SBA) · 409 3rd St, SW · Washington DC 20416 · 1-800-827-5722