MO STEP=UP
Offers Missouri small businesses support for export growth through SBA-linked program funding.
MO STEP=UP (Missouri State Trade Expansion Program) is an export-development assistance program co-funded by the Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the federal State Trade Expansion Program framework. The program provides cost-sharing grants to eligible Missouri small businesses undertaking activities designed to initiate or exp…
SBA-co-funded export-development grants for Missouri small businesses pursuing international trade shows, trade missions, and related export-expansion activities.
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