About the event

There’s money out there for startups – and founders often overlook or aren’t aware of grants that are available! Our guest will focus on how to find grants to help fund your company – and most grants come equity-free. This may also be the year to get into the zone, meaning, finding opportunities in Opportunity Zones. Trevor is always a font of information on opportunities you may not have considered. About our Guest: Trevor Barlow has over 30 years’ of experience as a tech and non-profit executive, board officer, investor, and coach who focuses on organizations building disruptive technologies and ideas that increase efficiency, equity, collaboration, and access for all. He continues to raise private and public funds for tech companies and projects and until recently focused on leveraging tech accelerator programs, events, and investment to help revitalize rural economies through the Black River Innovation Campus.

We always keep the group small so that everyone has an opportunity to participate.

Here is the event recording:

Post Event Summary

Trevor Barlow had us drinking from the fire hose ?  at last week’s Breakfast with an Investor event which was focused on How to Find Government Grants/Opportunities.

Trevor covered a number of ways startup founders and CEOs can find government money without giving up equity. If you’re interested in the full event recording let me know and I’ll send it your way. Bonnie Halper and I run a new Breakfast with Investor event every other week. If you want an invite leave a comment below or DM me for more information.

Here are a few of the highlights from the event:
? Now is a great time to explore government funding sources as other “traditional” sources of funding might take longer to come through or be unavailable. to your company.
? Government grants are out there if you know where to look ?
Some of the sources of funding he discussed included:
? University & Alumni Networks often have grants for specific projects. Explore your network and ask what is available.
???? Reach out to”
– Federal Agencies
-State-level Agencies
– Local governments/community foundations 
-Department of Commerce

Some items to keep in mind when applying for grants
– You might need to match the funds (not necessarily dollar for dollar)
– Understand what, if any, reporting requirements are part of the deal
– You can often negotiate with the agency/groups offering the grants if there are terms you need to agree to as part of the deal.

Trevor then took questions from the attendees and shared a ton of information about using grants to help fund your startup.