Do not pay for any help to obtain a grant to start a small business. Grants do not exist for small businesses UNLESS the small business owner wants it to be a non-profit and are willing to be audited and give that money to others. [Which goes against the purpose 99% of the time for opening a small business.] I have read hundreds of ads from grant directory publishers and they constantly State "get free grants [redundant since a grant is a free thing in the first place].

The IRS allows, under very limited conditions, a person to set up a non-profit organization to service, most often, educational services for displaced adults and For home makers and such services.

But for those who have a good idea for a small business and seek government grants To fund their business, same your grant directory money. OFFER to pay no one to Get you a grant because these grants are not for profit seeking businesses.

I only have 38 yrs advising small businesses owners and owners to be about getting their Business started and while there are dozens of ways of getting funds, getting a grant Is NOT among them.

When you visit your favorite library, seek ways to buy a business using leverage and also seek ways to start on a "shoe string" budget [selling receivables is the #1 way] but do not seek free money, it is a waste of your valuable time.

RE broker and biz consul

K. Kemper

38 yrs small biz specialist, hold world record; have advised 135,000 small firms in starting, expanding or how to fix their firms.

have been on or am at askme.com, answerway, pointask, allexperts, keen, Kasamba.

Am also RE broker in AZ and am a 38 yrs experienced free lance writer, on political, real estate and small biz affairs.

Have produced and directed 6 TV series and have written a newsletter.

AM also a college instructor of biz--37 yrs in classroom.

Am a champion of quality JVs, REITs and I teach others how to have epiphanies--more than just visions of ideas.

Last but not least, my team also advises others on weather consequential remediation [how to stop forest fires in 6 hours, how to eliminate any munical floods, reducing hurricans and tornadoes].

[the Mid East conflict cannot be cured--it is part and parcel of Muslim zealots who work with corrupt governments]