New mobile Apps for Small Business Owners & Entrepreneurs

Thanks to the SBA’s “Apps for Entrepreneurs Challenge,” a competition for tech-savvy developers to build new and useful web tools for small businesses, entrepreneurs can reach for their smartphone or tablet and search federal, state and local databases for vital information by using one of seven award-winning apps.

Check them out:

· SBA Gems – Find loans, grants permits etc.

Developer – Somesh Kumar, Freemont, California

· CapitaList – Find federal databases for licenses, awards, proposals and websites.

Developer – Muneeb Akhter, Springfield, Virginia

· Small Business Toolbox – Find small business programs SBA offices etc.

Developer — Joseph Blough, Dexter, Michigan

· SBA Loan Search App — Find loans, venture capital, tax incentives etc.

Developer – Richard Murphy, Silver Spring, Maryland

· Energy SBA – Find property rights, oil and gas leases, solar etc.

Developer – Robert Grogan, Eden Prairie, Minnesota

· SB Alert – Find contracting opportunities and get push notification.

Developers – Ben McGinnis and Team, Fairfax, Virginia

· Every Thing For The Entrepreneur – Find SBIR solicitations and more.

Developer – Edwardo Martinez, San Francisco, California

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