![]() “eBay’s Up & Running Grants program has made a tremendous impact on small business owners across the U.S. “Supporting sellers is at the core of our marketplace, and the capital, community and business tools that make up our Up & Running Grants represent another layer of eBay’s investment and commitment to every seller’s success.”įor the fourth year, eBay is partnering with Hello Alice, a free, multichannel platform that helps businesses launch and grow, to administer the grants program and provide access to mentorship and resources to all sellers who apply, whether they ultimately receive a grant or not. “For 28 years, eBay has fostered entrepreneurialism by giving people a platform to launch and grow small businesses,” said Adam Ireland, VP & U.S. Additionally, 41% reported a definitive increase in business revenue following receipt of the grant. A survey of eBay’s Up & Running Grants awardees since 2020 revealed that 91% of recipients found the grant extremely or very helpful for their businesses. small businesses in their journey to scale, grow and thrive. This year, eBay has added to the grant an additional stipend worth $500 that each Up & Running Grant recipient can use to equip themselves with essential office technology and tools from eBay Refurbished.īetween 2020-2023, eBay has committed more than $2 million to encourage and support U.S. Supporting entrepreneurialism is in eBay’s DNA, and these grants further the success of small businesses with resources for physical and digital store improvements, new equipment and inventory, hiring, training and marketing. Now in Lockdown, Ash has been incredible in keeping my motivation high and ensuring I don’t eat my weight in food every day.EBay launched its 2023 Up & Running program-a series of annual grants that reward promising eBay small business sellers and give them the tools they need to bring their businesses to the next level. ![]() The ultimate goal for me is to compete in the British Transplant Games and Ash has been fantastic in coordinating the training plan to fit these goals.īefore Lockdown 3 hit, we were making massive improvements in the pool and assessing my competition in the Transplant Games. I am a swimmer and Ash has built a training program around that both in the pool and outside of it to ensure that I can improve. Ash is fantastic at keeping me motivated, adapting everything to fit with how I am feeling and keeping in contact on a regular basis if there are any issues. I have been working with Ash for 3 years and in that time, it has been a bit of a rollercoaster with multiple unexpected trips to hospital putting our training plans on hold and causing us to restart every time which Ash has been amazing at adapting to and pushing me when I needed it.įor me it is slow progress, but we have finally hit on a training plan which has ended up in results I didn’t think possible. I'm a Kidney Transplant patient on medication which makes weight loss difficult.Īsh took all of this in his stride and built an amazing training plan which combated issues such as dizziness and my chronic fatigue. I think it is safe to say that I am a complex case. It looked daunting at first, going from 1-2 runs a week to 4-5 a week, I thought I would fail! The first week was a tough wake up call for me, but then it started getting easier as I went on, ticking off the runs and mobility drills each day gave me a sense of achievement!ģ months later it is a standard routine for me, login to TrainingPeaks on Sunday to see what the next week has in store for me! I used to find it hard to run 5-8 miles at a time without stopping, now I’m doing that whilst in a speed work session without even realising! My stamina and pace has increased so much since I began working with Ash I’m excited to get back to racing properly to put my training to the test, overall I have nothing but thanks and praise for Ash for helping me get my fitness back on track and smashing my goals! Sub 40min 10k here I come!" "At the start of the year I was out of shape and form, struggling to find the motivation to regularly run, even on club nights! I took the plunge and started speaking to Ash and it was like a breath of fresh air, I felt reenergized and signed up in a matter of days to begin getting my running back on track.
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