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March 2009
Turning Obstacles into Opportunities
Sunday, March 29, 2009

Challenges & Opportunities
SBTV.com Many businesses are facing challenges in this economy. In the midst of belt-tightening and cost-cutting are some opportunities to innovate and expand. There are new opportunities to win customers looking for a better service, product or price and a pleasant buying experience. Tackling challenges and turning them into positive experiences will help determine your enterprise’s future success or failure. Your SBTV.com newsletter this week offers strategies, resources and options to help find the right opportunities for your business.

Green Grants & Strategies for Your Business
SBTV.com The federal stimulus dollars are flowing, businesses offering green products and services are hoping to be a high priority for contracts. Two energy related business programs funded through the 787 billion dollar federal stimulus measure are now ready to hear from interested entrepreneurs. The Department of Energy has begun accepting applications for two electric vehicle programs funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The DOE has allotted $400 million to establish development, demonstration, evaluation, and education projects "to accelerate the market introduction and penetration of advanced electric drive vehicles." Applications are due May 13, 2009.

The DOE also is accepting applications for grants to support the construction of US-based manufacturing plants for building batteries and electric drive components and has made $2 billion available for that program: the Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative. The grants represent the first two energy-related programs funded through the $787 billion federal stimulus package to take applications. Both programs are through the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Office of Vehicle Technologies. The DOE has $32.7 billion in grant money to distribute from the federal stimulus package.

You don’t have to be a green energy provider to cash in on sustainable practices. SBTV.com has an impressive selection of videos and podcasts to help you go green to save greenbacks!

Here are just a few:

 

Pump Up Business When the World Gets in the Way
SBTV.com Business interruptions can take many forms: a natural disaster, construction, or a personal crisis. The nation’s infrastructure is getting an update and many businesses are impacted by closed roads, bridges, utility interruptions and delays. SBTV.com followed three business owners coping with long term road closures and construction to get insight into prospering in the midst of a business interruption with this three part series:

 

Tackling Challenges in Your Business

 

New Podcast Collections from SBTV.com Featured Advisors

 

Email Connections to Expand Your Enterprise

 

Imagine Being Handed $25,000 for Your Small Business!

What would you do to grow your business if you had an extra $25,000? Gotcha thinking don't I? Well, you could win $25,000 for briefly telling your story through the Small Business United Grant Competition. The grant competition is sponsored by WIPP, Women Impacting Public Policy and Intuit. In addition to the money, the program offers free resources and software to small business owners. To enter the competition, just go to . . . Read More

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Internet Marketing Guru Yanik Silver on Small Business
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Reporter Ivy Hartman shows us from home-made biodiesel to parts the manufacturer didn't realize were eco-friendly.

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