With traditional employment losing popularity and the increased interest in entrepreneurship, more people take the leap to start a small business. However, low-dollar loans have not been easy to obtain, especially in underserved communities. Not until now. While small business owners still have to meet loan qualifying criteria, the government has made some key changes to the loan application and approval process, which will streamline some of the requirements banks use to grant SBA-backed loans.

Here are the changes you should know as a small business owner:

Get Out DEM Votes, a Linda Incorporated venture, will launch tomorrow, June 7th, at the Democratic Convention in Raleigh, NC. The Get Out DEM Votes slogan and its tagline “Because being RIGHT has never been so WRONG” was conceived by copywriter Linda Gutin in the summer of 2010 when she heard that there had been a shift in polls to favor the Republican party, even though there are more registered Democrats than Republicans. The venture aims to increase voter turnout among liberals and progressives.