Big Dreams Grant
Simply Business
About the Grant
The Big Dreams Grant awards $25,000 in total funding, plus structured business mentorship, to small business owners across the United States. Sponsored by Simply Business — an online insurance platform for small businesses headquartered in Boston — and run in partnership with Sky's the Limit, a nonprofit digital business accelerator that supports early-stage and underrepresented entrepreneurs, the program selects five winners who each receive a $5,000 cash grant and a one-year membership to Sky's the Limit's Launchpad Program, an accelerator and mentorship platform designed to help business owners refine strategy, streamline operations, and drive revenue growth. An additional twenty runners-up each receive a 6-month Launchpad membership. Applicants submit short responses describing what makes their business unique, how they have validated readiness to scale, their plan for financial growth, and how they would use the grant funds and the Launchpad program.
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