There is tremendous financial stress in small businesses due to this global pandemic. As a result there are large efforts going on around the world to offer support in one form or another. It is wonderful to see this kind of heart-based support. Nonetheless, it can overwhelming enough day to day just dealing with this crisis to your small business. Pouring through so many different ways to get visibility or funding support can be quite onerous.
Here are a couple of links to locate some support for both revenue visibility and different types of funding relief. There are, of course, many resources available. However, we like the simplicity and ease of use of the following online resources:
https://www.covidcap.com (This is an effort to gather information on different sources of cash relief from the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University)
https://helpmainstreet.com/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslogin&stream=top (very clever site to locate local businesses in different cities, order online or support in other ways)
We all have to decide right now what things we value in society and what kind of world we want to live in. As you can see, people are moving quickly, creatively and resourcefully to support and collaborate to address these challenging times in very inspiring ways.