As we highlighted in a post last week, WRAL TechWire’s exclusive Triangle Startup Guide is always growing with new resources for local startups. Whether you’re looking for VC or angel funding sources, local coworking spaces, member organizations or free networking events, the Triangle Startup Guide has all the resources you need to take your venture to the next level.
Every week, we add new resources to keep content fresh and relevant. Here’s what’s new this week:
In the COVID resources section of the guide, we added these updates:
We added a link to this explainer we published last week on the latest round of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding.
By Ryan Shepard
Jan 19, 2021
The Milwaukee Bucks have partnered with The Lonely Entrepreneur to support Black-owned businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Unveiled on Dr.
Marting Luther King
Jr. Day, the initiative will allow an unlimited number of business owners to sign-up on The Lonely Entrepreneur platform for one year. After signing up, Black business owners will have access to online courses, live group chats and other resources. Business owners will also have the opportunity to connect with mentors and like-minded entrepreneurs.
“Dr. King shared one thing with all entrepreneurs, a dream. But Black men and women face social and economic injustices that make that dream difficult,” The Lonely Entrepreneur Founder
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The NBA has had numerous high-profile players who have stood up in the name of racial injustice and social change. This week, the Milwaukee Bucks no strangers to making a stand announced a partnership with The Lonely Entrepreneur platform to help Black business owners thrive.
The team unveiled The Black Entrepreneur Initiative, a nationwide program that provides free access to valuable resources through The Lonely Entrepreneur Learning Platform to 100,000 Black businesses. The initiative starts on January 18 in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Day.
“Dr. King shared one thing with all entrepreneurs a dream. But Black men and women face social and economic injustices that make that dream difficult,” said Michael Dermer, founder of The Lonely Entrepreneur in a press statement sent to
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