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Office Depot Launches Small Business Self-Bailout Plan

Posted by Janet Attard, Courtesy of Business Know-How Thursday, Jun 4, 2009, 08:24 AM ET

Looking for ideas to get through the recession? Or have you found some clever ways to get ahead despite the recession?

Office Depot has just launched a new program you'll want to know about. Called the Small Business Self-Bailout Plan, the program offers a variety of informational resources for small business. Office Depot has also launched a contest offering prizes worth $2,000 to 500 of "the best and smartest" small businesses in the country. The contest began on Monday, June 1, and runs through July 31.

The Survival of the Smartest Website is the hub for the Small Business Bailout Plan program and contest. The site provides small businesses with the tools, resources, and support they need to help their businesses survive and thrive during this economic downturn. The site features advice from USAToday.com small business columnist and author Steve Strauss; a variety of smart solutions, news and information from several small business blogs (including Business Know-How); weekly videos with smart tips, special product, and service offers; small business resource tools; and promotions specifically for small businesses.

In addition, Office Depot is conducting a search for the nation's best and smartest small businesses in the country. The "Office Depot Adopt a Small Business Contest" will recognize 500 small businesses nationwide for their smart survival strategies and award them each with a $1,300 Office Depot Gift Card, tech support for a year from Office Depot's Tech Depot Services, and copy, print and ship services from Office Depot's Design, Print, and Ship center -- a total prize value of more than $2,000. To enter, a small business (or anyone on its behalf) must upload an original, two-minute video that explains "the smart things your business is doing to survive these challenging times."

Official rules and regulations are posted here. And while you're in the contest frame of mind, here are another six, from Entrepreneur, Forbes, Skype, and others; deadlines are right around the corner.

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