When I went to college, I was lucky enough to fund my entire college career with scholarships that I had earned while in high school. But once I graduated from college, I needed other financial resources to fund the beginning of my business venture.

I drafted two government grants requests, that almost read like business proposals! The but in reality when the board heard my request for my grants, they all complemented me, telling me that those were the best grant requests that they had ever read, and I had no problem receiving my grant money. When applying for a grant, I highly recommend you treat it as a business proposal.