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HELPING LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS ADAPT AND GROW

Local, family-owned businesses in Northern Kentucky are having to rapidly adapt their business models based on the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these small businesses are low on financial resources and need assistance. Through a novel collaboration between the NKU Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, NKU Small Business Development Center and thanks to a generous grant from the Drees Family Foundation, qualified family-owned businesses will be provided no-cost assistance with technology-based tools and platforms, in order to help these companies adapt to the current disruptive business climate.
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   How It Works
 


The Family Business Relief Program provides local, family-owned businesses, which are headquartered in Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, and Pendleton counties with technology-centric services and training at NO COST, designed to help local small businesses adapt and grow.

Eligbility:

  • Applicant’s business must, by the following definition, be considered a family-owned business: “Any business in which two or more family members operate the company and the majority control lies with the family”
  • Applicant MUST be a client of the NKU SBDC*
  • All applicants must be able to articulate, in 300 words or less, how their business is impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and how technology will be helpful in the recovery and stability of your business
  • Special consideration will be given to multi-generation family businesses


* Not an SBDC client? Request an appointment and become a client of the SBDC now (a free resource).


 


   Types of Services
 

All services offered will be based on the needs of qualified small family businesses. Examples of services offered could be: 
  • Help setting up and integrating QuickBooks, other accounting software, CRM or Point of Sale (POS) integration
  • Developing or updating company websites and/or search engine optimization (SEO) 
  • Setting up delivery/scheduling, and additional e-commerce services on a website 
  • Updating the design, copy, and photography of companies’ digital marketing content 
  • Help setting up and developing content for social media 

 


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Contact Us

Have questions about the Family Business Relief Program?

Zac Strobl | CIE - Assistant Director | stroblz1@nku.edu | 859.572.7541

Catherine Glover | SBDC - Director & Business Coach | gloverc5@nku.edu | 859.448.8801

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