A Letter From The Founder's Desk on Convid-19
Dear All:
I hope you are doing well and following the guidelines and medical advice for staying healthy and well in these rough times.
Instead of sending our normal newsletter, this month - and until things get back to normal - we are offering direct support to entrepreneurs, leaders and SME owners.
My intent with this message is to encourage you to support and engage each other in a businesslike manner. I assume you are getting all the news you need for your personal health from reliable sources.
We proudly support entrepreneurs in starting up and sustaining their businesses around the globe, but we now acknowledge the need to support you in rescuing your business during this time of uncertainty.
You are invited to join our online discussion/webinar "how to sustain your business during a slowdown/tough time" on Monday 10:00 to 10:50 AM Detroit Time (EST) Hoping this accommodate all of our partners globally as much as we can.
The free online discussion/webinar is based on lessons we have learned from living through other tough times, such as wars and slow or down economies. We know the experience will never be exactly the same, but we do have insights that may help and encourage you in what to think about that you can do as we go through this world-wide situation. Please join us and sign up here.
To have ongoing support for those who want to leverage this time to plan and strategize, we will also launch our Kaufman Foundation FastTrac Training program online for free for the first time session will start April 7th 8-10 AM every Tuesday and Thursday ending June 18, and we will bundle it up with the ISM Entrepreneur package of one-on-one coaching. This will be great to start building your support system while you have time now!
The first 10 registrants - which means a full cohort - will be admitted at a full scholarship, paid for and sponsored by our entire team.
Please message me or direct text me and we will sign you up and start immediately.
While I do not generally support free or discounted services, at this time we will offer any of our other services based on whatever amount you are willing to pay. This will be limited, of course, to the capacity we can handle within the next few weeks or months - all in order to support you.
If there is anything we can do, please reach out to us and we will support you any way we can.
Meanwhile, think about what you can do to support your community with what you already have.
We also hope these resource will help you in the challenge of teaching these cash flow principles.
The Essential Differences Between Cash and Profits By: Tim Berry
Resources for employers and employees in the U.S. may be helpful for others
Resources from the World Health Organization
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES DURING COVID-19:
SBDC COVID-19 Support: https://sbdcmichigan.org/small-business-covid19/
https://sbdcmichigan.org/disaster-loan-help
MEDC: https://michiganbusiness.org/covid19
State of Michigan: https://michigan.gov/coronavirus
SBAM: https://sbam.org/resources/covid-19-resources
Resources For VFA Company Partners and FFC's around COVID-19: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tEE_vntSipj1CG1dfLmXbubwQA2JwjCrMgGqbAv39q8/edit?usp=sharing
Ann Arbor Spark: https://mailchi.mp/annarborusa/fastforwardnl-298184?e=ba0ce7348f&fbclid=IwAR3Im58m4tHxy2i6nQtbHlqnsX_HsNdj3Paxy5dC6qh6EnD6nqSS6_66g0c
Detroit Small Business Stabilization Fund :https://techtowndetroit.org/detroit-small-business-stabilization-fund/
Oakland University Resource List: https://t.e2ma.net/message/6tgpit/qho6lhb
Sincerely,
Faris