12 Small-Business Grants to Apply for in 2026

The Freed Fellowship offers a $2,500 small business grant that comes with business feedback and two months of mentorship.
Make Tech Easier

Modern Windows Apps Are Too Heavy: 10 Lightweight Alternatives I Use Instead

The new crop of default Windows apps is too resource-hungry and inefficient — ditch them for these lightweight alternatives ...

The best small-business accounting software for better bookkeeping

Here's my rundown of the top small-business accounting software, including stuff nobody told you. I'll cover QuickBooks, FreshBooks, Xero, and more.
New York Sun

Small Business Administration Suspends Thousands of ‘Minnesota Borrowers’ Amid Concerns of Fraud in Pandemic-Era Programs

The Trump administration is suspending thousands of pandemic-era loans in Minnesota as it investigates allegations of widespread fraud. Concern about social services fraud in Minnesota erupted last ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

5 for Good: Suffolk SEED program helps local small businesses

SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY PROGRAMING, ENSURING JUST THAT. SO FRESH AND SO CLEAN. THESE HATS ARE COLLECTIBLES. WE ARE NEW ENGLAND’S ONLY LICENSED HAT BOUTIQUE. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS WE CREATE A ...
The Repository

Entrepreneurs compete for $10,000 through Stark County business program

In partnership with The Repository, every Monday, Stark Community Foundation highlights positive happenings in our community. Here’s to Good News Mondays! Five local entrepreneurs recently graduated ...
ABC7 San Francisco

SF Tenderloin grant program offers small businesses opportunities to move into vacant spaces

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- In San Francisco, several new businesses are moving into vacant storefronts in the Tenderloin. It's part of a grant program that provides money for rent and renovations. Those ...
Orlando Sentinel

Forced to end minority business program, Orlando seeks to favor small and local companies

Forced by the Trump administration to cancel its program offering a leg up to companies owned by women and minorities, Orlando officials are seeking to boost small and local businesses instead. The ...
The Texas Tribune

Women, minority small business owners confused, worried after Texas kicks them off HUB program

The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.
The Texas Tribune

Texas removes women and minorities from Historically Underutilized Business program for state contracts

The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.
The Conversation

What are small language models and how do they differ from large ones?

Lin Tian receives funding from the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator (ASCA) and the Defence Innovation Network. Marian-Andrei Rizoiu receives funding from the Advanced Strategic Capabilities ...
The News Journal

Small Business Saturday events in Delaware include parade, Santa visits, tree lightings

Small Business Saturday shines a spotlight on locally-owned businesses for holiday shopping the day after Black Friday. Events at towns and cities in Delaware include parades, visits by Santa and tree ...