JPMorganChase is investing $400,000 in Southern Nevada’s small-business pipeline, awarding a two-year grant to the Nevada Small Business Development Center at UNLV to expand advising for entrepreneurs and startups.

JPMorganChase is investing $400,000 in Southern Nevada’s small-business pipeline, awarding a two-year grant to the Nevada Small Business Development Center at UNLV to expand advising for entrepreneurs and startups.

Dozens of Latino entrepreneurs completed a Spanish-language business incubator program at UNLV, marking the end of a weeks-long course designed to help participants turn business ideas into licensed, sustainable operations. The incubator offered instruction in Spanish, addressing a gap that program graduates say makes the process of starting a business more accessible for those who are more confident in their native language.

The City of North Las Vegas, in partnership with Peak Performance Partners and the Nevada Small Business Development Center at UNLV, is launching a comprehensive Business Excellence Workshop Series to empower local business owners.

The Nevada Small Business Development Center at UNLV (Nevada SBDC) in conjunction with the Nevada State Contractors Board, UNLV Office of Economic Development, and the Small Business Administration, will offer free, in-person “Construction 1.0” and “Construction 2.0” workshops for future and current contractors.

The U.S Small Business Administration is the primary funder for Nevada Small Business Development Centers. The SBDC is also funded by the University of Nevada Reno and University of Nevada Las Vegas along with various other State and local partners.

Advantage Capital, an impact investing firm, has announced a $4 million investment in Goodwrx, a Las Vegas-based company providing a tech-enabled platform that pairs hospitality workers with employers looking to supplement their existing workforce.  

To facilitate the investment, the Nevada Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) helped connect Advantage Capital and Goodwrx.

Jadee Glover received an email from the city of North Las Vegas touting a new program nurturing small businesses in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

In the City of North Las Vegas, a 'connector' was inaugurated whose primary objective is to help small businesses, and is called to be a significant support for those who want to open their businesses, expand, also offer low-cost loans, and connect to those seeking employment with those seeking workforce.

North Las Vegas city leaders launched a new program Tuesday designed to help small businesses get off the ground and stay afloat.

For six months, Jamie Schwartz and her staff of UNLV Small Business Development Center (SBDC) advisors and interns fielded several hundred inquiries a week from merchants and entrepreneurs wracked with panic over uncertainty from a pandemic that threatened to shutter their doors and shatter their livelihoods.