478: Need Funds for Your Business? How to Get FREE Money Through Business Grants

BiggerPockets Money Podcast

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Investing, Education, Business

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🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Are you sitting on an amazing business idea? Knowing how to get money to start a business is a critical first step to getting your concept off the ground. While there are all kinds of funding options, you may be able to get FREE moneywith a grant. That’s exactly what today’s guests did! Welcome back to the BiggerPockets Money podcast! Today, we’re chatting with Cheryl Edmundson and Erin Jacobsen from Inclusive GameWerks—a fledgling business that has developed an inclusive pinball controller for people with disabilities. After building the first prototype for a close friend, they realized the device’s incredible potential. So, they went right to work—fine-tuning the design, structuring their business, and, of course, looking for ways to fund their new venture. Before long, they had landed a ten-thousand-dollar grant to get their operation up and running! If you’ve got an entrepreneurial spirit and a great business idea, this is an episode you won’t want to miss! Tune in as Cheryl and Erin show you how to launch a business alongside your nine-to-five job, find your lane in an established market, and get FREE money for your business! In This Episode We Cover How to get FREE money to start your new business How to find, apply, and get approved for a business grant Using grant money appropriately within a for-profit business The best ways to structure your new business Building a business without leaving your nine-to-five Driving your business forward through the power of networking And So Much More! Links from the Show BiggerPockets Money Facebook Group Network with Other Investors on The Path to FIRE Through the BiggerPockets Forums Finance Review Guest Onboarding Join BiggerPockets for FREE Mindy on BiggerPockets Listen to All Your Favorite BiggerPockets Podcasts in One Place Apply to Be a Guest on The Money Show Podcast Talent Search! Money Moment Building a Massively Profitable Business Around Your Passions Click here to check the full show notes: https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/money-478 Interested in learning more about today's sponsors or becoming a BiggerPockets partner yourself? Email us: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the BiggerPockets Money Podcast where we interview Aaron and Cheryl from Inclusive Game Works and talk about starting a whole-hearted business using grant money.
0:08.8	Hello, hello, hello, my name is Scott Trench and with me as always, but for the first time. is our senior producer of the Bigger Pocket's buddy podcast, Kaylin Bennett.
0:19.6	Hi everyone. Mindy was not feeling well today and Kalin is an expert on this particular
0:24.2	business and always brings expertise and we're so excited. Kalin and I are here to
0:28.1	make financial independence less scary. Less just for somebody else to introduce
0:31.9	you to every money story because we truly believe
0:34.5	financial freedom is attainable for everyone no matter when or where you're starting.
0:38.6	That's right Scott whether you want to retire early and travel the world go on to make
0:42.4	big-time investments and assets like
0:44.2	real estate, start your own business, get a grant, will help you reach your
0:48.2	financial goals and get money out of the way so you can launch yourself
0:51.0	towards your dreams.
0:52.8	Kalin, welcome to the BiggerPockets Money Podcast as a host today.
0:57.5	Oh my gosh, it's crazy, Scott.
0:59.5	I'm so excited to be here with you. It's definitely different coming on to host a show versus being, I guess, what is the Wizard of Oz? Like the man behind the curtain, you know, I feel like we're pulling it off today. But we have such a good story. This is a story I've
1:15.4	personally been following as a producer for a number of months where a group of our
1:20.4	local Colorado business owners came together and they created an inclusive
1:24.4	pinball controller so anyone can play pinball which is just amazing and during the
1:30.0	show we're going to go through all the business aspects of it and how you know maybe you can start your own
1:36.1	business using grant money so I think it's good for any entrepreneur any small business owner to listen to
1:41.9	awesome and remind us again how how you know Aaron and any small business owner to listen to. Awesome.
1:43.2	And remind us again how you know, Aaron and Cheryl?
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