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PRESS RELEASE: Applications Now Open for Chicago-area Residents to Receive $5,000 to Turn Business Ideas into Reality

CHICAGO, Ill. – Today, Heartland Forward, Builders + Backers and Ford Motor Company Fund announced applications are now open for Chicago residents to apply for up to $5,000 to help them turn ideas into potential businesses or ventures. Anyone with an idea for solving a problem facing their community is encouraged to apply. The Builders… Continue reading PRESS RELEASE: Applications Now Open for Chicago-area Residents to Receive $5,000 to Turn Business Ideas into Reality

PRESS RELEASE: Applications Now Open for Kansas City Residents to Receive $5,000 to Turn Business Ideas into Reality

Kansas City, Mo. – Today, Heartland Forward, Builders + Backers and Ford Motor Company Fund announced applications are now open for Kansas City, Missouri residents to apply for up to $5,000 to help them turn ideas into potential businesses or ventures. Anyone with a unique idea for solving a problem is encouraged to apply. The… Continue reading PRESS RELEASE: Applications Now Open for Kansas City Residents to Receive $5,000 to Turn Business Ideas into Reality

PRESS RELEASE: Applications Now Open for Louisville Residents to Receive $5,000 to Turn Business Ideas into Reality

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Today, Heartland Forward, Builders + Backers and Ford Motor Company Fund announced applications are now open for Louisville residents to apply for up to $5,000 to help them turn ideas into potential businesses or ventures. Anyone with an idea for solving a problem is encouraged to apply. The Builders + Backers Idea… Continue reading PRESS RELEASE: Applications Now Open for Louisville Residents to Receive $5,000 to Turn Business Ideas into Reality

PRESS RELEASE: Applications Now Open for Detroit Residents to Turn Their New Business Ideas into Reality Through Builders + Backers Idea Accelerator Powered by Heartland Forward

Program offering up to $5,000 is through partnership with Michigan Central and Newlab DETROIT – Today, Heartland Forward, Builders + Backers, Michigan Central, and Newlab announced that applications are now open for Detroit residents to apply for up to $5,000 to help them turn ideas into potential businesses or ventures. Anyone with an idea for… Continue reading PRESS RELEASE: Applications Now Open for Detroit Residents to Turn Their New Business Ideas into Reality Through Builders + Backers Idea Accelerator Powered by Heartland Forward

Place-based Economic Development: Creating growth in the heartland

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Three relatively new federal acts constitute nearly $2 trillion of investments aimed to bolster U.S. competitiveness by stimulating innovation, tech commercialization and domestic manufacturing, while stabilizing and enhancing domestic supply chains1. Such a place-based, capacity-building approach would seem to dovetail nicely with the heartland’s traditional strengths and work ethic. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act… Continue reading Place-based Economic Development: Creating growth in the heartland

PRESS RELEASE: WINTER COHORT CLOSES WITH NEARLY 100 BUILDERS GETTING $400,000 IN FUNDING TO TEST IDEAS

70% of the Winter 2023 Idea Accelerator Heartland Participants Launched or Are Growing New Ventures Arlington, VA — Builders + Backers and Heartland Forward announced the completion of the 2023 Winter Cohort with 92 new entrepreneurs receiving nearly $400,000 in funding to test their ideas, build products and launch their new ventures. 70% of the… Continue reading PRESS RELEASE: WINTER COHORT CLOSES WITH NEARLY 100 BUILDERS GETTING $400,000 IN FUNDING TO TEST IDEAS

Press Release: Applications Now Open Across the Heartland for Residents to Turn New Business Ideas into Reality Through Idea Accelerator Program

The program is welcoming new cohorts in the Arkansas-Mississippi Delta region, Detroit, Eastern Shawnee tribe, Montgomery, Northwest Arkansas, Tulsa, and West Tennessee Bentonville, Ark. – Heartland Forward and Builders + Backers are proud to announce the opening of applications for residents across the heartland to access training, resources and up to $5,000 to help them… Continue reading Press Release: Applications Now Open Across the Heartland for Residents to Turn New Business Ideas into Reality Through Idea Accelerator Program

Heartland Forward and Builders + Backers Award Over $1M to Aspiring Entrepreneurs

In 2022, hundreds of entrepreneurs across 10 states received $5,000 grants with opportunity for additional funding Bentonville, Ark. – Today,  Heartland Forward and Builders + Backers announced they have given over $1 million in Pebble Fund grants to aspiring entrepreneurs throughout 2022 as part of the Idea Accelerator program. Heartland Forward partnered with Builders + Backers to bring… Continue reading Heartland Forward and Builders + Backers Award Over $1M to Aspiring Entrepreneurs