Bronze Valley and gener8tor Announce Emergency Response Program

Bronze Valley, in partnership with gener8tor announced today a new initiative supporting Alabama small businesses affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Under the Alabama Emergency Response Program, small businesses, startups, freelancers and nonprofits will have access to a free, week-long webinar series designed to identify and leverage critical resources in order to weather this ongoing public health crisis.

As a part of the program, participants will be provided with daily webinars featuring experts in the following areas:

• Applying for SBA-eligible programs;
• Civic, philanthropic and state emergency relief resources;
• Employment law experts to help navigate the changes required by the new laws;
• Federal emergency relief programs; and
• Mental health and wellness resources for small business owners.

In addition to webinars, gener8tor will host dedicated, daily one-on-one consultations for small businesses to meet digitally with business advisors. The gener8tor team will be working one-on-one with companies to address the various issues small businesses are facing during the COVID-19 outbreak.  gener8tor will also work with community groups interested in providing pro bono resources to small businesses.

Interested businesses may visit www.gener8tor.com/emergency-response-program/alabama to register. The registration deadline is Monday, April 13th at 9:00 AM CST, and the program will take place that week (April 13th - April 17th). All Alabama-based businesses are invited to participate.

"During this time of unprecedented crisis, it is vital that we support the many entrepreneurs, small businesses, startups, and organizations that form the heart of our communities. Partnering with gener8tor on this Emergency Response Program allows us to effectively extend our network and resources to those who need it most,” said Neill Wright, president of Bronze Valley.

“We have seen firsthand the impact that entrepreneurs have on a community, and we hope to call on our network of mentors, investors and partners to support small business owners through this new Emergency Response Program,” said Joe Kirgues, gener8tor co-founder.

About Bronze Valley
Bronze Valley is a non-profit, early stage venture investment platform that supports high growth, innovation and technology-enabled companies created by diverse, underrepresented and underestimated founders. The mission of Bronze Valley is to provide an education-to opportunity-to outcome pipeline for communities that are underrepresented in technology careers and in fields where innovators will shape the future.

About gener8tor
gener8tor is a turnkey platform for the creative economy that connects entrepreneurs (startup founders, artists and musicians), investors, universities and corporations. The gener8tor platform includes pre-accelerators, accelerators, corporate programming, conferences and fellowships. gener8tor is a nationally ranked, GOLD-tier accelerator in the U.S. as ranked by the Seed Accelerator Rankings Project: www.seedrankings.com.