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During the pandemic as a Facebook group, the Funded Project started off to offer support to business owners that struggle with keeping their doors open.  The emotional trauma that small business owners experienced when they could not run their businesses during shutdowns was heavy. We started this because these business owners did not want to lose their companies and source of income. The media failed to mention that less than 10% of existing businesses took the government Payroll Protection Program or Emergency Disaster relief program. Many group members did not know what to do to keep their revenue up during shutdowns. As the summer and fall of 2020 came and went, they were suffering.  We started a YouTube channel called The Funded Project to collaborate and bring new customers to these businesses. Together we stand, divided we fall. The Funded Project collaborated with several organizations across the country to find alternative resources to funding, marketing, and branding. In January of 2021, we decided to pick one business that stayed open and fought through COVID to spotlight them in a YouTube video where we brought them lunch and thanked them, and let them tell their story. That we taped in Anderson, Indiana, and it immediately got them business, and people started following the YouTube channel. Fast forward to today, there have been ten episodes now playing on several platforms, viewed and watched by 1,000s every week. The show has brought every business on new business, everyone- we bat 100%. We know that if we can get in front of a larger audience, more people will fall in love with the show and the businesses we feature. We can help more businesses faster and with more. The show is a MOVEMENT to save Main Street.

Here is a direct link to all episodes. New ones are released every Tuesday. Be sure to like and subscribe to keep up, or learn more at https://www.thefundedproject.com/

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