Land of Opportunity

A new database of small business grant awards to Arkansas small businesses is now available. The database lists small businesses awarded either a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant or a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant. Grant awards range from $42,750 to $750,000.

While a total of 24 SBIR/STTR small business grants were awarded in FY2003, the number of grants awarded in FY2004 (more…)

Matthew Lesko’s small business grants commercial appears on Little Rock cable with regular frequency. A recent visitor to the Land of Opportunity had been searching on Google for “Arkansas small business grants.” Backtracking from my statistics, I discovered a link to “Matthew Lesko Arkansas State Small Business Grants,” just below the link to the Land of Opportunity. Mr Lesko’s link and corresponding page were laced with keywords like: Free Business Government Grants, Free Government Business Money, and Woman Business Grants.

As Mr. Lesko claims there are 60 grants available within Arkansas, I had the idea for weekly series of posts on grants. This week we present the first two grants programs for child care businesses: (more…)

Two Arkansas small businesses enjoyed remarkable success in competition for NASA Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I research grants, winning three grants. All three grants are targeted at development of high temperature electronics. The Phase I grants, ranging from $70,000 to $100,000, fund exploratory work with the opportunity to compete for a follow-on Phase II grant for as much as $750,000. (more…)

Law & Entrepreneurship News mentions a new SBA press release noting that:

“In the first quarter of the SBA’s fiscal year, the SBA, through its lending partners, approved 23,197 loans for $3.56 billion in 7(a) loans. This is up from last year’s pace where 18,822 loans were approved at $3.12 billion over the same period.” (more…)