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Community Development Corporations

Community development corporations (CDCs) are locally based nonprofit organizations that work to help the residents of impoverished areas to improve their...  Read story

Working Fathers

By T. Pittinsky |  Jul 1, 1997

A reprint from a current book called Working Fathers: New Strategies for Balancing Work and Family.  Read story

Put Government Pension Funds To Work

By Belden Hull Daniels and Nancy Barbe |  Sep 1, 1982

Small companies need capital, and state and local government pension funds can help if lawmakers will allow it.  Read story

Hotline

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Dec 1, 1990

Current trends and government programs affecting small business.  Read story

Cooperative Ventures

Apr 1, 1984

Jay Guben made his name in Philadelphia as a restaurant and head of the highly regarded Restaurant School, where he taught entrepreneurs how to make payro...  Read story

Bootstrap Banking

By DAVID OSBORNE |  Aug 1, 1987

For decades, the federal government has tried in vain to bring entrepreneurship to the poor. Now, a small Chicago bank may have found the answer in -- of all...  Read story

The Nonprofit's Motive

By Samuel Fromartz |  Dec 1, 1999

A look at how Charles Lief, president of the nonprofit Greyston Foundation, is devising for-profit ventures to generate income, create jobs, and expand his o...  Read story

Plowing New Ground In The Delta

By Tom Richman |  Dec 1, 1982

CEO Charles Bannerman learned that the most effective social activism is a healthy bottom line.  Read story

The Thinking Man's CEO

By Steve Solomon |  Nov 1, 1988

Interview with with a CEO who pursues outside activities to expose his company to emerging areas of opportunity.  Read story

Requiem For An Entrepreneur

By Curtis Hartman |  Feb 1, 1986

Allan Gallant was building one of the most successful businesses in Alaska's history -- until his employees turned on him.  Read story

Tender Offers

By Robert A. Mamis |  Sep 1, 1986

Charles Leighton's approach to managing acquisitions is enough to make even the most independent private business owner want to be bought.  Read story

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