Tax Credits worth up to $25,000 for Small Businesses!
There is a tax credit of up to $25,000 available for small businesses in Kentucky: the Kentucky Small Business Tax Credit! In order to make sure you qualify and get…
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Speed Pitch Competition open to the General Public! It’s not just for the Kids!
The latest development for the 2023 SOAR Summit … it’s not just for the kids! There is now a category available for the general public to join in and be…
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Meet the Winners of the 2023 Startup Appalachia Pitch Competition!
It’s the moment everybody has been waiting for! Here are the winners of the 2023 Startup Appalachia Pitch Competition: 1st Place, $10,000: TJ Rayhill, Bluegrass Cricket 2nd Place, $3,500: Xiled Inc.,…
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Accepting Applications: 2023 SOAR Startup Appalachia Pitch Competition
Do you have Appalachia Kentucky’s next big idea? We want to hear it… and we want to fund it. That’s why we’ve opened the application for the 2023 Startup Appalachia…
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Find Money in Your Pocket This Tax Season: A Guide to the Kentucky Small Business Tax Credit
Tax season can be a dreaded time of year for small business owners. If your company grew quickly last year, adjusting your estimated tax withholdings is a must. Otherwise, those…
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New Energy Grant Programs Announced for Businesses in Kentucky Coal Communities
The grants pool for private businesses is typically small. But the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is making billions of dollars available to companies, communities, and nonprofits — including a special…
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Small Businesses are the Heart ❤️ of Appalachia
Roses are red, Violets are blue, small businesses are the pride of Eastern Kentucky, and they share the love with their communities too! We’ll move on from the poetry. As…
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Client Engagement Part 3: Social Media Marketing 101
Welcome to the third and final installment of the SOAR Innovation Client Engagement blog series. We’ve been sharing a variety of strategies to form lasting, valuable customer relationships for small…
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Client Engagement (Part 2): Using Content Marketing to Build Credibility and Strong Relationships
Welcome back to another installment of the SOAR Innovation Client Engagement blog series! With this initiative, we’ve been exploring how small business owners and operators can forge strong customer relationships…
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Top 5 Startup Businesses to Watch in 2023
It’s a new year and everybody’s looking forward to a fresh new start. You know the saying, “New Year, New me.” The same could be said about creating new trends…
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