VILLAGE HAPPENINGS

Electrifying service with TwinOaksNH Electric

This week I wanted to highlight the great service I recently witnessed from TwinOaks Electric NH. Here’s how we feel about veteran-owned business Twin Oaks:

• Thank you for showing up on time when you said you would come take a look at the job.
• Double thank you for showing up the second time, on time, to complete the job.
• Thank you for brainstorming solutions that may have been outside the scope of what we originally discussed!
• Thank you for the reasonable fees, we received great value.
• Guess what?!  We’re referring you to everyone we know! 

This Week’s Featured Events & Opportunities

Kit Stop for Veteran-Owned Businesses

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• Compete for Federal Products – Get Certified!

Attention Veterans! SBA is now accepting applications for the Veteran Small Business Certification program.

Through this new program, certified veteran-owned small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses can compete for set-aside government contracts.

The program will be SBA’s primary certification vehicle for all veteran-owned small businesses and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, important classifications that enable those businesses to qualify for sole-source and set-aside federal contracting awards.

LEARN MORE HERE

• Resource to Protect Your Small Business

This week, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released,  Securing Small and Medium-Sized Business (SMB) Supply Chains: A Resource Handbook to Reduce Information and Communication Technology Risks, a handbook that provides an overview of the highest supply chain risk categories commonly faced by ICT SMBs, including cyber risks.

• Free Cyber Discussion Here

Featuring Jack Kudale, Fitz Swain from CRC Insurance, and Dave Weller of AmWins.

Village Goodies

• SpringLaunch Videos

The Village developed 3 presentations with veteran-owned businesses in mind.  If you missed them you can watch here.

• Small Business Digital Alliance

Launched in February 2022, the Small Business Digital Alliance brings together major players, influencers, and companies in tech, e-commerce, benefits, and other industries to help connect small businesses with digital tools, trainings, and expanded opportunities, and grow their digital networks to reach new customers – free of charge. 

• Citizen’s Bank Grant Opportunity. Deadline 2/7/23.

Village’s Must Go’s

• Small Business Digital Alliance

Launched in February 2022, the Small Business Digital Alliance brings together major players, influencers, and companies in tech, e-commerce, benefits, and other industries to help connect small businesses with digital tools, trainings, and expanded opportunities, and grow their digital networks to reach new customers – free of charge.

• NH Community Navigator Program

New Hampshire’s Community Navigator Program is powered by an ecosystem of experienced small business and microenterprise technical assistance providers across the state. Small businesses can gain access to resources and services at no charge. 

Be sure to check out the small business resources that are available throughout the state of NH at the  NH Community Navigator Program.

Outside NH and looking for a Navigator Program in Your State?

Help a local family? Here’s a cool project!

Over in Monadnock NH, the Morales family are working hard to launch a cattle operation.  If you’d like to hear the story and learn if you can help, listen to this short recording that we created to help Luis Morales apply for his first grant.

The Story of Luis Morales.m4a

If you like the story and want to learn about how you can help, email me here chris@launchmechanic.com

Verizon’s SBDR Opportunity!

Ready to grow? We’ve got the perfect program for that.

FREE content, coaching & networking for your business!

Our most exciting project right now is Verizon’s Small Business Digital Ready Program, which offers all of these to small businesses. The program includes personalized content, coaching, networking and so much more.  AND these online tools are in one place, so it’s very easy to use.  All  funded by a Verizon grant which is why…  It’s FREE!

Here’s how it works:

• First:  register here!
• Second:  Check your email inbox for confirmation. Do this within 10 minutes or the link will expire.
• Third:  Click “Confirm” and you’re in!
• Tell the platform what you’re interested in and based on your answers a Learning Dashboard with content will appear to match those needs.

The Verizon Small Business Digital Ready program is part of Verizon’s commitment to provide support for 1 million small businesses over the next decade. Your business definitely deserves to be one of them!

It’s all free, so be sure to register below!