Okay, right from the beginning, I want to squash a myth. There is no free money from the government for small business startups. Now, I’ll preface that by saying that the government does, very rarely, hand out free money for businesses if they directly meet an environmental or specific government need. However, in those cases, the government will probably have so much control of your company that it won’t even feel like yours anymore. So, with that being said, 99% of the time, you won’t get money from the government (yes, I’m including the SBA).
