Idea Cafe's Small Business Grants

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Idea Café’s Eighth Small Business Grant
Idea Cafe`s Eighth Small Business Grant will award $1,000.00 to the most deserving small business owner, who is willing to take their business to the next level.

Grant Dollars: Grant amount = $1,000 to one winner.

Timing: Application for Eight Idea Cafe's Small Business Grant is now closed.

Meet our semi-finalists and cast you vote for the entrepreneur who most deserves to be amongst the five finalists.
The voting page is located at http://www.businessownersideacafe.com/small_business_grants/grant_vote.php . Free Idea Cafe registration is required in order to cast a vote. Voting closes on November, 1st.

For What Kind of Person or Business: Anyone who currently owns a business or is planning to start one.

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Read About Our Recent Idea Cafe Small Business Grants and Winners!

Idea Cafe's Entrepreneurial Spirit 2009 Grant
Idea Cafe's $1,000 Small Business Entrepreneurial Spirit 2009 Grant has been awarded to Susan Jenkins, founder of Go Green Go, a T-shirt business that promotes eco-friendly activities.
Come meet our winner & find out more

Idea Cafe's Innovation and Originality Grant
Idea Cafe's $1,000 grant Small Business Innovation and Originality Grant was awarded to online recommendation service WOMBeat!.
Come meet our winner & find out more

The Small Business Grant in Honor of Kent Capener
Idea Cafe's $1,000 grant Small Business Grant in Honor of Kent Capener was awarded to Leah Larson, founder of YALDAH -- a quarterly magazine 'for Jewish girls, by Jewish girls.'
Come meet our winner & find out more

The Al Marks Inventive Mind Grant
Idea Cafe's $1,000.00 Al Marks Inventive Mind Grant was awarded to Laura Koehne, founder/owner of THRIVE Against the Grain, Takoma Park, MD. She'll use the grant to develop audio "Postcards from the Road Less Traveled".
Come meet our winner & find out more

The Ray Ward Creative Spirit Grant
Idea Cafe's $1,000 Ray Ward Creative Spirit Grant grant has been awarded to a deserving entrepreneur, Janie York, of Janie Lynn Textiles, Ithaca, Nebraska, US. Click below to meet the winner and view videos of her receiving Idea Cafe's grant.
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Pilot Grant for Registered Idea Cafe Regulars
PBS-TV, The London Times and more have featured our grant winner, Percy Marchand, of Marchand Ink, New Orleans, LA. Click to see the PR he's attracted and read his insightful reports on how he's used Idea Cafe's grant to create greater biz success.
Come meet our winner & find out more

Idea Cafe's Very First Grant
Read how it all started with Idea Cafe's Mary Marks Mom Grant in 2001 and see how our winners creatively leveraged their Idea Cafe grants to make big things happen in their small companies.
Come meet our winners & find out more

For grant options check Grants du Jour and other offerings in Idea Cafe's Biz Grant Center.

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