Vermont Business Magazine Join the SBA Vermont District Office for a virtual workshop at noon Jan. 18 about COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan repayment.

Topics include:

• Creating a Capital Access Financial System account
• Making payments and tracking EIDL account
• Q&A

Registration is not required, but participants are encouraged to log on five minutes before.

To access the webinar, visit http://ow.ly/UKlp50LRacL (you may need to copy and paste link into web browser address bar). Passcode is WztmSg.

To access the webinar by phone, call 802-490-7604 and enter code 670335744#.

For more information, email [email protected].

Make A Difference, Mentor A Small Business Owner

The Vermont SCORE chapter and the Vermont Small Business Administration are seeking experienced small business professionals who want to help other small businesses succeed.

SCORE mentoring is a free service offered by a network of more than 10,000 volunteers from across the country. Mentors help small business owners start, grow and achieve new levels of success by providing experience, best practices and small business advice.

The volunteers of SCORE are the primary reason for the organization’s success. Since 1964, SCORE has educated and mentored more than 11 million small business owners and entrepreneurs. Make a meaningful difference in a business owner’s life by giving time and experience.

To learn how to become a mentor, attend a webinar at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 25. The link is https://score.zoom.us/j/96559173545 and meeting code is 965 5917 3545.

For more information about SCORE, visit https://www.score.org/.

Growth Accelerator Portal Opens

The Small Business Administration’s 2023 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition application portal is open. The Small Business Administration is offering $50,000 to $200,000 in prize awards for impactful and inclusive approaches to foster a thriving, collaborative national innovation support ecosystem to advance research and development from ideas to impact. To read more and apply, visit https://www.americasseedfund.us/accelerators. To facilitate relationships between entrepreneur support organizations and potential partners working on similar themes, the SBA is holding a series of webinars from 3 to 4 p.m. Feb. 6 to 9 EST. Feb. 6: National Security and Global Competitiveness, including but not limited to National Security and Defense; International Trade; Public Health. Feb. 7: Domestic Manufacturing and Production, including but not limited to AgTech, Food Security, and Nutrition; Supply Chain Resiliency; Critical and Resilient Infrastructure. Feb. 8: Climate and Renewable Energy, including but not limited to Climate and Environment, Energy, and Sustainability. Feb. 9: Under-Represented People, Places, and Themes To sign up for the webinars, click here.