12th Small Business Cash Grant

Idea Cafe's Twelfth Small Business Grant will award $1,000.00 in cash and a total of $1,500.00 in advertising credits to the most inspirational small business owners, who are willing to conquer new heights.

Despite the economic setbacks, small business owners remain enthusiastic in their pursuit of doing more with less and living out their dream. We hope that this grant will help promising entrepreneurs with the process of taking their ideas to the next level.

Grant Dollars: The ultimate grant winner - the business with the most innovative business idea will receive a $1,000.00 check, heaps of free publicity and national recognition.

For What Kind of Person or Business: Anyone who currently runs a business for more than 6 months.

Timing: The 12th Idea Cafe's Small Business Grant is now open for applications.

How to apply: It's not a complex application - the only thing you need to have is a free Idea Cafe registration and to submit your application online.

To find out more, please visit the grant home page.

Idea Cafe's Eleventh Small Business Grant - sponsored by LiquidWeb Inc.
Idea Cafe's $1,000 Small Business Grant has been awarded to Laura Ray, the owner of Horsepower Inc., a business that specializes in the manufacturing of aftermarket throttle bodies and related products engineered.
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Idea Cafe's Tenth Small Business Grant - sponsored by LiquidWeb Inc.
Idea Cafe's $1,000 Small Business Grant has been awarded to Correda Rizer, the owner of Custom Flipz, a business that provides affordable housing with a "custom" fit that accomates people of all financial backgrounds.
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Idea Cafe's Ninth Small Business Grant - sponsored by LiquidWeb Inc.
Idea Cafe's $1,000 Small Business Grant has been awarded to Gerhard Guevarra, the owner of All-American Fencing Academy, a business that teaches and trains new and competitive fencers.
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Idea Cafe's Eighth Small Business Grant - sponsored by Hostway
Idea Cafe's $1,000 Small Business Grant has been awarded to Megan Dean, founder of Moth Attack, a business that builds and designs custom steel bicycles and components.
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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.
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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!.
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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.'
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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".
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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.
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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.
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