Advice needed.i am a single 56 yr old women opening a retail furniture store. looking for grants.?

Despite the guy in the question mark suit on the infomercials, there are no grants for your business. Banks won't want to lend money to a new business. Your business is going to be started with your OWN MONEY, and whatever money you can beg and borrow from friends and relatives. That's how most of them get started.





EDIT: In response to the next posted response. If there are SO MANY, how come you don't know where they are? There might be small assistance grants available (~$1000 or so), but there are no grants that are going to provide you the CAPITAL required to start a small business, let alone a furniture store.





Do the math. The crazy guy in the question mark suit sells a book that is over 1000 pages long with federal, state and local grant opportunities. So much of this information in unapplicable to anyone looking to start a new business. So, let's say each state is equally represented in the book - 1000/50 - that is 20 pages of info per state. Let's say your state has 30 counties - 20/30 - that's 0.67 pages per county. Let's say the grant opportunities are equally divided amongst business, public education and government (which is probably very generous) - 0.67/3 - that's 0.223 pages for business. Now, if you took out the research grants for nuclear particle accelerators, gene splicing, drug research, grants that are pork barrelled into existence for specific businesses, etc. that most small start up businesses would never have a shot at, what's left? Call the SBA and ask them how many federal grants are available for starting a small business. There is lots of good FREE technical assistance available.Advice needed.i am a single 56 yr old women opening a retail furniture store. looking for grants.?
okay kudos to the previous guy for doing it on his own but there are tons of grants out there for small businesses. try your local rescources and if you find a good website email it to me tuskino@yahoo.comAdvice needed.i am a single 56 yr old women opening a retail furniture store. looking for grants.?
Have you tried signing up with CAA (College Arts Association) (misleading name, has nothing to do with college) for their newsletter and web service? I know they have a database of grants for those getting started in the arts. Do you still plan to show paintings in your store as well? If so, that might definitely be a good place to look. Also, if you're still interested in purchasing paintings for your store, I am an artist as well. You can view my work at http://www.kianamgallery.org/artists.htm


click on Max Krance, and tada! My prices are very liquid. Good luck with your search, hope this helps!---Max (jmaxtiger@yahoo.com)