You may know about Verizon Small Business Digital Ready from its $10,000 small business grant program and the deep catalogue of events and courses that teach entrepreneurs the skills they need to succeed.
But did you know about the program’s Small Business Funding Marketplace?
Verizon has partnered with Next Street to offer the Small Business Funding Marketplace. It’s a tool designed to empower small businesses by providing a curated set of small business loans and grants in one streamlined marketplace.
Entrepreneurs and small business owners can use the tool to filter across many small business capital providers and financial products to see what they qualify for based on their business characteristics and compare terms across their options.
To take advantage of the Small Business Funding Marketplace–or, really, any of the benefits of the Digital Ready program–you have to be registered. It’s free and easy, and you can do that here.
To register for Digital Ready, click this link.
To find an online event, click this link.
To find an online course, click this link.
Once that is done, check out all the events and courses and then navigate your way back to the Small Business Funding Marketplace.
Next Street screens all financial products featured on the marketplace to ensure they meet Next Street’s high standards for responsibility and transparency. All financial products have been determined by Next Street to be non-predatory and have fair and transparent pricing and terms.
Next Street is a mission-driven firm focused on equitable small business support. It launched NXST Scale, its digital platform designed to help entrepreneurs access resources faster and more transparently, in 2023.
“Verizon is excited to partner with Next Street to help our Small Business Digital Ready users learn more about raising the capital they need to thrive,” said Donna Epps, chief responsible business officer at Verizon. “This is yet another free resource tailored to small business owners, who really are the heartbeat of our communities.”
While financial grants are one of the most popular features of the Verizon program, the free courses, coaching sessions and mentoring offered by Digital Ready are available to anyone who has joined the program.
Register here to get started.
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