Hello all,

I'm planning on starting my own bar business by spring of 2025. But I need help accessing funds and capital to make the proper payments and necessary licenses and permits.

Any advice on how to do this? I'm from Philadelphia, Pa and trying to start up this business

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I personally use ChatGPT to provide me with information on local organizations that help with SBA or micro-SBA loans/grants/etc.
The most amazing thing about it is you can add anything to it's memory so in future inquiries it has all the the info you've fed it thus far and provides solutions using the full context of your company's challenges, skills, etc. It's badass tbh

I also had it write my business plan, leaving blanks to fill in myself. As that's a requirement for some of these orgs. It's really incredible how helpful it is. It tells you literally everything you can do to reach your goal, as well as provide you with requirements these orgs have for help with capital. Look into it!

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