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Source: Analysis of data from the Small Business Administration But reaching out to borrowers and collecting their paperwork were still challenging or, for Blueacorn and Womply, a light-bulb moment. Blueacorn, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., was founded in April 2020 to help small businesses find P.P.P. lenders. After Congress made the fee change, the group of entrepreneurial coders who founded the start-up decided to build a system to simplify the paperwork, betting that it would encourage more lenders to make loans to the smallest businesses. In San Francisco, Toby Scammell, the chief executive of Womply, had a similar idea. Founded in 2011 by Mr. Scammell and backed by venture capitalists, Womply provides restaurants, retailers and other small enterprises with tools to manage their customer lists, marketing campaigns and payments. Mr. Scammell had earlier discovered that banks didn’t want to bother with P.P.P. loans for many of Womply’s clients. ....
Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the Small Business Administration, has been sprinting from crisis to crisis ever since starting her post in March. ....
Carmelo Ramos was left without a second-draw PPP loan when he gave back the cash because he qualified for more money. Then the program ended unexpectedly. ....