Start. Pivot. Grow Micro Grant

Start. Pivot. Grow Micro Grant is sponsored by Undisclosed (mentioned by GlossGenius).

The Start. Pivot. Grow Micro Grant provides $2,500 each quarter to businesses that have been in operation for at least two years.

It requires a detailed business plan demonstrating how the grant will aid growth.

A Program of the Cynthia E. & Clarence E. Nevels Foundation The only U.S. accelerator powered by a patent-pending AI operating system — built to move small businesses from surviving to scaling, and from invisible to investable.

Capital Deployed in Small Businesses Alumni Business Survival Rate Jobs Created by Graduates In Partnership with Wells Fargo Wed · Oct 21, 2026 · 8 AM – 12 PM CDT · Wells Fargo HQ, Las Colinas TX A half-day economic summit for owners, investors, and executives who want an early read on 2027 — AI in the business, access to capital, and the moves that separate companies that compound from companies that stall.

Closing keynote from venture capitalist **Melissa Bradley**, and **$35,000+ in grant capital awarded live on stage. ** Keynote & Featured Speakers Ninety percent of the entrepreneurs who come to us earn under $250,000 a year. They are not failing for lack of effort.

They are operating without the system — **without the score, the strategy, or the capital relationships** that give well-connected businesses their unfair advantage. Conventional accelerators teach. **We transform.

** We connect education directly to execution, execution to capital access, and capital to community — through a proprietary AI platform that no other program in America currently replicates. Start. Pivot.

Grow. is where the next big deal gets built. ## SIX ECONOMIC PROGRAMS.

CAPITAL · COACHING · TECHNOLOGY FOR DALLAS AND HOUSTON ENTREPRENEURS. PeopleFund partnership powered by Wells Fargo Foundation. Direct loan capital and grant awards for Dallas small businesses — built around lender-readiness.

* —Free Prep My Loan enrollment * —Loan readiness diagnostic * —Direct PeopleFund pipeline * —Wells Fargo grant eligibility Register — Prep My Loan · $99 The Flagship Accelerator. 25 Dallas and Houston -area businesses. $20,000 grand prize.

Launches August 3, 2026 powered by KPIXAI. * —12-week immersive accelerator * —$20,000 grand prize grant * —Investor & lender access Build your strategy in 30 days. Earn your KPIXAI Growth Score.

Compete for $4,000 in grant awards. $99 enrollment. Starts June 1, 2026.

* —30-day KPIXAI platform access * —3 live 4-hour workshops * —eBook + Growth Planner * —$4,000 in grant awards JUMPSTART · WELLS FARGO · THE UPS FOUNDATION · JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. · DALLAS COLLEGE 04 · Powered by Wells Fargo Grant-funded immersive marketplace inclusion to fuel growth.

SPG covers exhibitor fees and brand promotion for select alumni at major Houston and Dallas festivals — no fees, sell all you can — plus Spectrum Reach streaming ad amplification.

* —Covered exhibitor fees at major festivals * —Pop-up exhibits in Dallas & Houston * —Spectrum Reach streaming ad campaigns * —Sell-all-you-can — zero booth cost 05 · Powered by THE UPS FOUNDATION Community college students and local startup entrepreneurs join the gig economy by building a small business with Roadie — a UPS Company. Reliable same-day and last-mile local delivery. Average $12 per trip, more on multi-stop runs.

* —Earn ~$12 average per local trip * —Multi-stop deliveries pay more * —Same-day & last-mile gig income * —Built for students, side hustlers, retirees 06 · Powered by JPMorgan Chase & Co. A 6-week online course teaching underutilized, innovative, patented businesses how to raise VC and PE capital. Connect with a VC mentor and pitch investors at Jumpstart Ohio Fest, September 2026.

Based on "You Are The Asset" by angel investor Cynthia E. Nevels. * —6-week VC & PE capital raise course * —1:1 venture capital mentor match * —Pitch live at Jumpstart Ohio Fest 2026 * —Curriculum from "You Are The Asset" Savory Roots Catering — Dallas, TX "I was one bad month from closing the doors."

Two loan denials. Revenue plateaued at $87K. Her KPIXAI Growth Readiness Score revealed a 32% pricing gap and three lender-blocking gaps.

Twelve weeks later she pitched with precision. RESULT — $35K Bridge Capital · 47% revenue lift Washington Logistics — Atlanta, GA "$1. 2M in revenue.

Zero operational systems." Seven years in. Real revenue, real chaos.

No KPIs. KPIXAI showed him exactly where his business was bleeding. Integrality served as his fractional COO.

RESULT — Won 2 federal contracts · Built C-suite Vida Wellness — Phoenix, AZ "I had built the ceiling. I needed to break through it." 12 years of clinical excellence.

A growing waitlist. SPG became her executive partner — investor language, technology roadmap, B2B sales pipeline. RESULT — $250K seed round · Multi-state expansion Every dollar tracked.

Every business measured. Every investment made in small and midsize businesses matters. Institutional Donor Investment — 2025 Post-Program Capital Raised by Alumni Capital Leverage Ratio Per Donor Dollar Grant Recipients — Diverse-Owned Businesses Alumni Won Awards, Certs & National Media Alumni Featured in National & Regional Media Institutional Partners & Fortune 500 Collaborators The next cohort is forming.

The Capital Accelerator is open. The 30-Day Growth Challenge has seats. What's your move?

Free Prep My Loan. Direct loan capital pipeline. Cohort 12 launches Aug.

3rd $20K grand prize. 30-Day Challenge. $4K in grant awards.

Start. Pivot. Grow.

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