Hosted by Brenda Darden Wilkerson, this new series addresses what companies can do to address the impact of COVID-19.
In our third installment for this webinar series, Brenda Darden Wilkerson spoke with three amazing entrepreneurs: Irma Olguin, Michelle Millben, and Christopher Upperman. Together, they held an engaging conversation about how to support entrepreneurship during these challenging times.
Watch the full recording below. Learn more about our past and upcoming webinars for this series, and scroll down to see our list of resources to help you connect, learn, and find support during these difficult times.
Resource | Link | Participant |
Evolve Entrepreneurship is collecting small business owners’ experiences with COVID and sharing them with the Hill in order to better inform COVID relief policy, so if you would like your voice heard, please fill out our survey. | http://bit.ly/SBSurveycovid | Christopher Upperman |
Age appropriate and nonpartisan content to give adults the answers to kids’ important questions about issues in our country. | https://www.explanationkids.com/ | Michelle Millben |
Resources from UC Riverside | https://techpartnerships.ucr.edu/covid19 | Jill Finlayson |
UC Riverside: Resources for Sacramento entrepreneurs amid COVID-19 impacts | https://startupsac.com/resources-for-sacramento-entrepreneurs-amid-covid-19-impacts/ | Jill Finlayson |
UC Riverside: A group-curated list of resources | https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11l8DpwHNA_grteExYyTfwBzvjyPDKyE-C2Gj7K8o7FQ/edit?usp=sharing | Jill Finlayson |
UC Riverside: Small Business Relief Fund is part of the Small Business Relief Initiative, a program supported by GoFundMe, Yelp, and Intuit QuickBooks. | https://www.gofundme.com/f/smallbusinessrelieffund | Jill Finlayson |
UC Riverside: Facebook resources and loans | https://www.facebook.com/business/boost/grants | Jill Finlayson |
UC Riverside: COVIDbase | COVIDbase website | Jill Finlayson |
UC Riverside: @CASEatDuke launched #COVID19CapitalRelief, a searchable database for global, national, and regional capital sources for for-profit and nonprofit entrepreneurs at risk due to #COVID19. | #COVID19CapitalRelief | Jill Finlayson |
UC Riverside: Find capital relief | https://bit.ly/COVID19CapitalRelief | Jill Finlayson |
UC Riverside: Other resources | https://bit.ly/SuggestCOVID19Relief | Jill Finlayson |
UC Riverside: Learn more | LinkedIn blog | Jill Finlayson |
Evolve Entrepreneurship list of resources for small businesses that includes federal, state, and local resources as well as sources of funding that will consistently be updating. | https://bit.ly/Envolve_C19Resources | Angeline Apostolou |
Vijay Computer Academy offers basic to advance IT certifications and boot camps with many free tech workshops for students, educators, businesses, moms, professionals, and leaders. | https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijaycomputer/ | Shefali Kapoor Patel |
Etsy Resources | https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/27/etsy-stock-pops-14percent-ceo-says-it-feels-very-resilient-to-coronavirus.html | Jill Finlayson |
eBay Resources | https://www.ebay.com/help/account/additional-support-covid19-buyers-sellers | Jill Finlayson |
Tip baiting with Instacart | https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/09/tech/instacart-shoppers-tip-baiting/index.html | Jill Finlayson |
Free Code in Place course from Stanford | Code in Place | Jill Finlayson |
COVID-19 Resource Center | https://comptroller.nyc.gov/services/for-the-public/covid-resources/overview/ | Natasha Green (@NatashaGreen25) |
Black American Startup Resource List | https://fi.co/insight/black-american-startup-resource-list-200-accelerators-incubators-investors-and-more | Natasha Green (@NatashaGreen25) |
Typeform | https://try.typeform.com/covid-19/ | Natasha Green (@NatashaGreen25) |
Grants for Black Women Entrepreneurs | https://afrotech.com/grants-black-women-entrepreneurs | Natasha Green (@NatashaGreen25) |
Open Road Alliance | https://openroadalliance.org/covid-19/ | Natasha Green (@NatashaGreen25) |
New York Fed Coronavirus Resource Center | https://www.newyorkfed.org/outreach-and-education/coronavirus-resource-center | Natasha Green (@NatashaGreen25) |
List of Arts Resources During the COVID-19 Outbreak | https://creative-capital.org/2020/03/13/list-of-arts-resources-during-the-covid-19-outbreak/ | Natasha Green (@NatashaGreen25) |
Your Friends in New York™ Business Relief Fund | http://yourfriendsin.nyc/survey.html | Natasha Green (@NatashaGreen25) |
Resources for Small Businesses & Vendors in New York City | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eU2ei51gHxa-AtxGrTCV9HrFMmujR1HHq8T-2MIFOrk/edit | Natasha Green (@NatashaGreen25) |
Emergency financial resources | https://learning.candid.org/resources/knowledge-base/covid-19-emergency-financial-resources/ | Natasha Green (@NatashaGreen25) |
U.S. Small Business Administration | www.sba.gov | Susan Paul (@spconsultsinc) |
Salesforce Care Small Business Grants | https://sforce.co/34kTt9X | Susan Paul (@spconsultsinc) |
COVID-19 Business Center – Business for All National Resources + $10,000 Grants | www.covid19businesscenter.com | Susan Paul (@spconsultsinc) |
Business Resource Center | https://helloalice.com/ | Susan Paul (@spconsultsinc) |
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