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CREATE ACCOUNT Menu Top Searched Door Tag Insight Supplies Claims Billing Home Small Business Center FedEx Small Business Grant Contest Small Business Center menu Created with Sketch. SBC home Search SBC resources Connect to our network of small business peers and experts. They understand the big challenges that you face every day. Get ideas and insights on services and tools that can help your business thrive. COVID-19 Small business resources To simplify your search for help, this page contains links to FedEx and external resources and is updated reguarly. Information and resources cover everything from financial relief to operational assistance. Tech Chat Platform management Social media Operations Website optimization Marketing Fulfillment TECH CHAT HOME What platform do you use? Which tools help your business be more efficient? Get answers to these questions and more directly from other small businesses facing the same challenges and opportunities as you. E-Commerce Center Start your online business Grow your online business Fulfill and ship orders Support your customers E-COMMERCE CENTER HOME From small to large, e-commerce businesses share a unique set of challenges and opportunities. Visit the E-Commerce Center to get resources to help you ship online orders, surpass customer expectations and grow your business. Grant contest Visit 2020 contest Contest overview Contest rules FAQs Now in it’s 8th year, the FedEx Small Business Grant Contest awards more than $250,000 annually to twelve small businesses. Learn more about the contest and prepare your business for entry. Podcast About Making It Work Featured guests We meet a lot of entrepreneurs on their business journey and have great conversations about what it’s really like running a small business. The Making It Work podcast lets you be a fly on the wall while a team of savvy entrepreneurs share techniques and best practices with our small business support team. More than 4,000 small businesses applied for the 2020 FedEx Small Business Grant Contest. With products reaching niche and under-served markets, business models focused on sustainability and just all-around innovative products — these are the top twelve small businesses that blew us away this year. Grand prize winner This top honor receives a $50,000 grant plus $7,500 in FedEx Office ® print and business services. Access Trax Outdoor terrain — like sand, grass, gravel and snow — is a barrier to millions of people with mobility challenges, as well as to parents with strollers and other pedestrians. Inspired by adaptive surfers, Access Trax empowers people of all abilities to access uneven outdoor terrain – from the beach to playgrounds, parks, campsites and backyards – using Beach Trax, the company’s innovative, user-friendly, portable pathway. Link Access Trax Outdoor terrain — like sand, grass, gravel and snow — is a barrier to millions of people with mobility challenges, as well as to parents with strollers and other pedestrians. Inspired by adaptive surfers, Access Trax empowers people of all abilities to access uneven outdoor terrain – from the beach to playgrounds, parks, campsites and backyards – using Beach Trax, the company’s innovative, user-friendly, portable pathway. Link Silver prize winner One winner receives a $30,000 grant, plus $5,000 in FedEx Office print and business services. MANCAN Wine One of the first exclusive wine-in-a-can companies in the U.S., MANCAN Wine makes award-winning California wine portable, durable and sustainable – and will even ship it straight to your doorstep. SEE HOW THEY’RE BUILDING THINGS Bronze prize winners Ten small businesses receive the bronze-level prize, each earning a $15,000 grant plus $1,000 in FedEx Office print and business services. BroglieBox LLC BroglieBox makes it simple to send loved ones support from afar with curated boxes filled with gift-worthy products and resources that support mental health well-being, including the company’s Piece of Mind Magazine. Jessie’s Nutty Cups Jessie’s Nutty Cups takes the classic peanut-butter-and-chocolate pairing up a notch, bringing “Nutty Smiles” with handcrafted, gourmet-quality treats with unexpected ingredients, like pretzels and sea salt. Kanga Unimpressed by existing coolers, Kanga’s founders went after what was missing: fun and convenience. The result was the no-ice, keep-the-case Kase Mate, a koozie for a case of your favorite beverage. lumenomics Focused on sustainability, lumenomics reduces reliance on electric light through integrated shade and lighting systems that maximize natural light and boost energy efficiency in commercial spaces. Modern Christmas Trees In tribute to his grandpa’s ingenious tree made of rings – and the traditions shared around it – Matthew Bliss updated the design with Modern Christmas Trees to share the spirit with families everywhere year-round. Olori In partnership with women-owned businesses and local artisans in Africa, Olori handbags create fashion with impact, highlighting their culture and supporting girls’ education in under-served African communities. Pit Barrel Cooker Co. Honored as the veteran-owned Business, family-run Pit Barrel Cooker Co. makes outdoor cooking hassle-free with an innovative meat-hanging method and barrel-shaped cooker that takes the guesswork out of barbecue. VOXAPOD VOXAPOD offers period care products with a purpose – helping to fight the gender gap. The brand donates products and 2% of sales to keep girls in school and provide menstrual health education in developing countries. Waterlust Through eco-friendly apparel that visually promotes the importance of environmental conservation, Waterlust makes clothing a fun and functional communication tool while helping fund research and education. Entrepreneur Choice Award Each year our Entrepreneur Advisory Board selects one entrant as a Bronze Prize Winner. eat2explore Eat2explore delivers a culinary adventure in a box to families, for an edible journey through world cuisine and cultures, complete with the essential seasonings and sauces that make it unique.  Link eat2explore Eat2explore delivers a culinary adventure in a box to families, for an edible journey through world cuisine and cultures, complete with the essential seasonings and sauces that make it unique.  Link A million reasons to give back We need the energy, passion and independent thinking that entrepreneurs like you bring to our communities. That’s why we’re giving $1 million to help small businesses get back to business through the #SupportSmall Grant initiative. #supportsmall grants We need the energy, passion and independent thinking that entrepreneurs like you bring to our communities. 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