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📣Calling all entrepreneurs! Don't miss our exclusive "How I Built My Biz" fireside chat with Ayisha Thompson, Creative Director of Envision Creative A.R.T, LLC! 🚀 🗓Mark your calendars for October 29th from 12:30-1:00pm ET In partnership with Mastercard Strive, join us for 30 minutes of pure entrepreneurial wisdom as Ayisha shares her journey from fashion industry professional to successful creative marketing founder. You'll discover: 🎨 How to craft impactful brand identities 📱 Social media tactics that drive growth 🎉 Ways to leverage events for business expansion 💼 Innovative approaches to convert leads into sales Why attend? ✨ Learn from a rising star in the creative marketing space ✨ Gain actionable insights for your business ✨ Get inspired by a real success story ✨ Q&A opportunity with Ayisha RSVP now: https://lnkd.in/etbjFF3v

📣 Attention retail rebels! Ready to turn your holiday sprint into a year-long victory lap? 🏆 Mark your calendars! On October 23rd, Hello Alice and Dell Technologies are bringing you "Seasonal Strategies: How Retail Businesses Can Leverage Holiday Momentum" - your ticket to transforming seasonal surges into sustained success! 🎄➡️💼 In this power-packed hour, you can expect to: • Learn how to transform holiday shoppers into loyal, year-round customers • Master the art of smart inventory management to boost your bottom line • Discover innovative marketing strategies that keep the momentum going all year • Get insider tips from retail experts who've cracked the code on post-holiday growth Reserve your spot and join the ranks of savvy small business owners who are rewriting the rules of seasonal retail: https://lnkd.in/emj-KYdq

Join us in congratulating the recipients of the BGE Energizing Small Business Grants program! 🥳✨ Through the generosity of our friends at Baltimore Gas and Electric and Global Entrepreneurship Network, 125 incredible Maryland-based businesses received $20,000 to help their business grow! Share a congratulatory message in a comment below, then visit https://lnkd.in/eGg2dCRN to learn more about the other inspiring grant recipients.⁣ ✨

Join us in congratulating this round’s recipients of the Restaurant Disaster Relief Fund! Funded through the generosity of our friends at DoorDash, local restaurants that were affected by a state- or federally-declared natural disaster received $10K to help their businesses recover. Share a congratulatory message in a comment below, then visit hialice.co/relief-fund to learn more about the other inspiring grant recipients.⁣ Congratulations ✨💙

What does your business need to thrive? Capital💸 How do you secure it? By joining our exclusive Tech x Women Boost Camp that’s designed to show trailblazing female tech founders how to fuel your business growth and access the capital you need💻! Apply now for one of the 500 coveted spots in this immersive 12-week accelerator and dive into engaging sessions and a supportive community of peers. Hello Alice is proud to offer the Tech x Women Boost Camp thanks to a grant from Tiger Global Impact Ventures! Why this Boost Camp?🤔 This isn’t your typical accelerator—it’s your secret weapon. This special Boost Camp program will equip you with tools and tips to master your business's financial health and secure the funds needed to take your venture to the next level🚀After participating in last year’s Boost Camp, 75% of participants reported that they feel more equipped to navigate challenges and opportunities as a female founder in tech. Who is it for?🤝 • Female Tech Founders: If you're leading the charge in tech innovation and entrepreneurship, this is for you! • Business Leaders: Founders, Presidents, CEOs, CFOs, COOs—if you’re the visionary behind the venture, then apply now. • Women-Owned Companies: For-profit tech or tech-enabled businesses with 51%+ woman ownership, based in the US, DC, or Puerto Rico In a comment below, share this opportunity with a female tech entrepreneur 🤝Then visit https://lnkd.in/g7EAJKzs to learn more and apply before November 1, 2024 at 6 p.m. ET! ✨

Join us in congratulating the recipients of the eBay Up & Running Grant Program! ✨🐇 Funded through the generosity of our friends at eBay, 50 inspiring entrepreneurs have received grant packages of $10,000, including cash, eBay education, and a $500 stipend sellers can use to equip themselves with essential office technology from eBay Refurbished. Share a congratulatory message in a comment below, then visit funding.helloalice.com to learn more about all of our available grant opportunities. ✨

Thank you Carol Lee Mitchell, Phyllis Newhouse, our friends at Mastercard and Bank of America, and the incredible NC small business owners who joined us in Charlotte last week at Petit Philippe FINE WINE. Stay tuned for future announcements as we continue our Listening Tour event series across the country!

Join us in congratulating the small business owners selected to participate in the Wells Fargo Equitable Access Boost Camp, presented in partnership with Hello Alice and Global Entrepreneurship Network! These SMB’s were of the 500 inspiring entrepreneurs who completed this exclusive 12-week business growth accelerator where they dove into engaging sessions, mentorship, and a supportive community of peers. ✨🚀   Share a congratulatory message in a comment below, then visit https://lnkd.in/eY_ASnt5 to view the full list of recipients on the announcement page and learn more about these inspiring program graduates. ✨👏

Disasters are unpredictable. The critical support your business receives after one shouldn’t be. To help local restaurants in these critical times of need, we’ve partnered with our friends at DoorDash for the Restaurant Disaster Relief Fund which provides $10,000 grants to local restaurants affected by natural disasters, severe weather events, or major infrastructure failures. Applications for this round are open now until December 2, 2024 at 6 p.m. ET. To qualify for the grant program, you must: • Be a for-profit business located and registered in one of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico; • Be a restaurant, gastropub or bakery with a brick & mortar location that has experienced a loss in revenue as a direct result of a natural disaster, severe weather event, or major infrastructure failure which occurred within the last 12 months declared a disaster by state, tribal, or federal government; • Own a maximum of three locations, and employ fewer than 50 employees per location; • Have been open for at least six months; AND • Have revenues of $3M or less per location in 2023 and be independently-owned. In a comment below, tag a fellow restaurant owner to let them know about this resource and visit https://lnkd.in/g3TyMNvQ to learn more.

The Pepco Energizing Small Business grant program, presented in partnership with Hello Alice, is investing $74K in eight small businesses, aiming to increase access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food options throughout northeast D.C.✨🐇 By supporting these businesses, Pepco hopes to strengthen the local food economy and create a more equitable food system. Applications are open now! To qualify, a business must: ✅ Be a for-profit business licensed and registered in the District of Columbia. ✅ Use the program funds to expand or relocate a consumer-direct service that provides equitable access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food to US Census Bureau tracts in the following neighborhoods: Parkside/Mayfair, Marshall Heights, Carver-Langston, River Terrace, Kingman Park, Eastland/Kenilworth, and Deanwood. ✅ Be in the food or food service industry. ✅ Be in operation for two years prior to applying for program funds. In a comment below, tag your fellow northeast D.C.-based owners and let them know about this opportunity. Then visit https://lnkd.in/eQ48nFmE to learn more and see full eligibility requirements and terms and conditions, and apply BEFORE October 11, 2024 at 6 p.m. ET.