The three-year-old Northland Angel Investor Network (NAIN) is making progress towards its goal to reduce risks for local investors and provide opportunities for entrepreneurs. NAIN works with the Clay County Economic Development Council to match financial capital and assistance with qualified companies willing to locate in Clay County, Missouri. The EDC affiliate now has programs to provide funding for both startups and expanding businesses, while reducing risk for investors. To…

The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced the Veteran Federal Procurement Entrepreneurship Training Program funding opportunity competition. The SBA will award the funding to a U.S.-based organization to expand an existing program they offer that provides federal procurement entrepreneurship training to veteran business owners and service-disabled veteran business owners. The programs should help veteran entrepreneurs compete for and win federal contracts. A maximum of $500,000 in funding is available annually…