COVID-19 RESOURCES

BUSINESS RESOURCES

How to get prepared for the next few months

• How Small Businesses Can Financially Prepare for Another Shutdown

• How Small Businesses Can Connect with Local Customers During Coronavirus - Best practices from Nextdoor on how to reach out to your neighbors and communicate how they can help you during this time

• Top 5 Crisis-Response Steps for Entrepreneurs

• How To Find Money, Keep Your Business Going, And Help Your Employees During COVID-19

• GlobalWebIndex International COVID-19 Study - The study provides a detailed and unique view of consumer attitudes and sentiment across 13 markets to understand the impact on specific products and industries.

• Paycheck Protection Program loan calculator

• Financial assistance tracker for businesses

• How To Take Your Small Business Online

COLLECTIVE RESOURCES

Thorough lists of resources made for small and medium sized businesses

• Small Business Community Resource Guide - Incredible list of resources, grants, options, etc. from Loom for small and medium size business

• Government Relief Programs for Small Businesses Affected by COVID-19 - Very thorough roundup of global programs by Shopify to keep you informed.

• Complete list of resources from EcoEnclose for businesses and business leaders that have been negatively affected by COVID and are struggling to manage cash or find their footing with slumping sales or halted operations. We hope you find these small business resources valuable as you navigate the impact and uncertainties of COVID-19 measures.

• Recommended Resources from The Founder's Field Guide to Navigating This Crisis

  • Great finds in here around making sense of macro trends, how to raise money in a downturn, thoughts on extending your runway and more for entrepreneurs

• Gig workers resources

FINANCE + CAPITAL RESOURCES

• The Small Business Association (SBA) is offering disaster assistance loans up to $2 million for small businesses affected by COVID-19. These low-interest loans are available to businesses that have sustained “substantial economic injury” due to the spread of the virus. Read more here to determine if your business is eligible.

• If your business is not eligible for SBA’s disaster loan, see here for their alternative loan resources.

  1. Use their search tool to find local assistance.

  2. Plans for federal assistance for small businesses are still being determined. Read the full proposal here.

• The Impact Of Coronavirus: Advice For Funded Small Businesses And Those Seeking Funding

  • Sequoia issued a message to its funded companies last week where they communicated that the “Coronavirus is the black swan of 2020.”

• JP Morgan Chase commits $8M for small businesses

  • No application, made through zero/low interest economic loans through local community development financial institutions

• Government Relief Programs for Small Businesses Affected by COVID-19

  • Fantastic round up of global relief programs being updated daily

• Global Capital, Ltd. is helping companies secure the capital they need, with quick credit approvals and funding of up to $1 million without requiring financial statements. Contact Terri McNally at terri@globelease.com or 847-812-6783 for details.

• Bank of America’s small business resources page includes information about the federal Paycheck Protection Program and other helpful information for Bank of America small business clients.

• Capital One has important information for business owners, as well as details about the Paycheck Protection Program.

• Facebook’s Business Resource Hub has information and toolkits to help manage your business through COVID-19.

• The IBM Institute for Business Value has prepared a COVID-19 Business Insights center, including an action guide for business leaders.

• Download a helpful KPMG infographic and checklist on understanding the implications of COVID-19 for private companies.  

• Download SunTrust’s Business in the Time of Coronavirus considerations and action sheet.

• American Express has published a Business Guide to Navigating COVID-19, including business insights and articles on leadership, team-building and operations.

WORKPLACE

• Give Local is helping support local restaurants during this trying time.

• Save our Faves - gift cards to support local businesses

• Facebook for Business - tips on keeping your presence alive online

• Pandadoc: Introduced a new Free eSign plan that allows companies to have the following capabilities – unlimited document uploads, unlimited eSignatures, and payment processing 

• Box: For small businesses, 3 months free of its Business plan, which includes unlimited storage, mobile access, and advanced user and security reporting

• Cisco Webex: Offering unlimited usage with no time restrictions and support for up to 100 participants with a free 90-day license to new Webex customers 

• Cloudfare: Cloudfare for Teams network security product is free for small businesses for next 6 months

• Google: G Suite and G Suite for education customers get free access to enterprise video-conferencing features (for example, meetings up to 250 people and ability to record) through July 1, 2020

• GoToMeeting: Video conferencing product for free for three months to “critical front-line service providers” (includes healthcare providers, educational institutions, municipalities and nonprofit organizations)

• LinkedIn: 16 LinkedIn Learning courses are now available for free. The topics include how to stay productive, build relationships when you’re not face-to-face, use virtual meeting tools, and balance family and work dynamics in a healthy way.

• Microsoft: The premium version of Teams is free for 6 months and existing user limits on the free version have been lifted

• Meero: Providing increased the storage capacity (up to 10 Gigabytes) and validity duration (up to 3 months of validity) of files shared through MeeroDrop

• Zoom: 40 minute cap on video calls are lifted for K-12 schools in the U.S.

• Microsoft is offering a free 6-month trial of Office 365, including Microsoft Teams, in the response to the increased need for employees to work from home.

  • Accenture has set up a Microsoft Teams Rapid Resource Center to help you get up and running.

• Clarity Wave :Remote work can be a challenge. To support your company during these challenging times, Clarity Wave is now offering 3 months of free access, without any limit, to new customers. Effective immediately, you get full Clarity Wave service for free, for your whole company, until (at least) the end of June. (NOTE: We reserve the right to extend this offer if the situation is not better by then.)

• Jottful: Jottful is offering small businesses & self employed folk personalized guidance on the best technology and people to get your business not only online, but to succeed. In addition, Jottful is also offering free marketing services! 

GENERAL WELLBEING

• Quarantine Club - Get together, meet new people, and stay connected even in the time of quarantine

• Headspace: Offering some meditations for free in the Weathering the Storm collection

• School Closures is providing guidance to parents while their children remain at home. 

• Planet Fitness: Home workouts that are live-streamed daily at 4pm PT/5pm MT/6pm CT/ 7pm ET

• Babyscripts, a virtual care company for managing obstetrics, is helping disseminate credible and trustworthy information about COVID-19 to new and expecting mothers.

• Cabify, a ride-hailing company, is offering free transportation for Madrid government workers who can’t take public transportation.

• Life at The Table, Inc is offering a series of free and discounted live, virtual cooking classes designed to address the needs of those who are now cooking more homemade meals as a result of COVID-19 prevention measures.

• American Telehealth Solutions has created a new website to help patients virtually connect with doctors directly from their homes for COVID-19 consultations, medication refills and more.

• WeeCare’s directory of daycares 

TEAM RESOURCES

Tools to help work from home

• What You Need To Know To Start Working From Home

  • Some or all of the tips shared here can make your WFH experience more rewarding and productive, and prepare you for that future of work if you aren’t used to it!

• Resources for Training Remote Teams

  • Complimentary workshops and trainings from Hone around how best to train people in this new environment - not only to maintain high performance, but also ensure that our people’s psychological needs are supported given the anxiety and fear around this topic.

• Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019

  • If you are a small business owner in the US, please read through their guidance. The SBA will work directly with state Governors to provide targeted, low-interest loans to small businesses and non-profits that have been severely impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program provides small businesses with working capital loans of up to $2 million that can provide vital economic support to small businesses to help overcome the temporary loss of revenue they are experiencing. Find more information on the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans at: SBA.gov/Disaster.