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6 Capital Funding Sources for Minority Businesses
Uncertain economic times and a tight credit environment call for creative, nontraditional financial solutions for minority entrepreneurs.
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At Clinton Global Initiative, Social Entrepreneurs Weigh Tradeoffs
A debate between two founding fathers of microfinance electrified the sixth annual Clinton Global Initiative in New York City.
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10 Ways to Finance Your Business
Financing a business is always a challenge. Here we've compiled 10 techniques, from the tried-and-true to the experimental.
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How to Secure a Microloan
Advice for small businesses on what to expect when applying for a microloan, including finding a microlender, document preparation, and loan repayment.
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In Egypt, Will an Economic Revolution Follow?
A stagnant economy contributed to the unrest that brought down Egypt's Mubarak. Fostering entrepreneurship must be a priority for the next government. Read more
The Kiva Connection: Our Adventure in Microlending
Over the holiday season, Inc.com reached out to our colleagues at Mansueto Ventures -- the company that publishes the print and online editions of Inc... Read more
Microfinance Goes Back to Its Roots?
Major leaders of the global microfinance movement gathered this week at the Microcredit Summit Campa... Read more
The Kiva Connection: Our Adventure in Microlending
Over the holiday season, Inc.com reached out to our colleagues at Mansueto Ventures -- the company that publishes the print and online editions of Inc... Read more
The Kiva Connection: Meet the Entrepreneurs
Welcome to the newest installment of the Kiva Connection. In my Read more
Entrepreneurs Boost Economies in Developing World
A recent survey of 84 countries conducted by the World Bank found a significant relationship between economic development and entrepreneurial activity aro... Read more
High-Risk Loans--From a Nonprofit
Community funds are filling a gap. Read more
Bernanke Raises Interest In Microlending
Microlending in the U.S. got booster shot of moral support last week, when Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke to an industry gathering in San Ant... Read more
Going Global, Part 11: What Would Bono Do?
It was the World Bank's Doing Business Report that provided reporters Nitasha Tiku and Max Chafkin with economic metrics for Inc.'s Read more
Singapore, New Zealand, U.S. Top World Business Rankings
A new World Bank report ranks nations based on ease of starting a business and other factors. Read more
Entrepreneurs to Benefit from Buffett Windfall
Warren Buffett's blockbuster gift of about $31 billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is great news for aspiring business owners in the developin... Read more
World Bank Blues
Bernard van der Lande built his business on getting World Bank contracts. Then the rules seemed to change. Read more
Microlender Wins Nobel Prize
Economist Muhammed Yunus and the institution he founded, the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, shared the Nobel Prize for Peace, it was Read more
Foreign Investment Hits Record High
June 27, 2005 --American investment in foreign economies skyrocketed in 2004, as U.S. companies looked to opportunities in developing coun... Read more
Let the (Political) Games Begin
What do you do when the government wants to replace your business with a big swimming pool? Read more
The SBA Expo, Day One
It's morning in DC, and the Washington Hilton is overflowing with small-business owners here for the SBA Expo '05. Hector Barreto, in an early AM convers... Read more
Microloans Filling a Gap
For small businesses looking for quick money, nontraditional sources of financing offer the infusion they often need to start up or stay afloat. A Decembe... Read more
Concrete Tips for Urban Pioneers
What to keep in mind if you do business in the inner city. Read more
Economic Development Zones Under Fire?
A recent state audit reported that eight business zones in New York state aimed at helping economically distressed areas weren't creating as many jobs as ... Read more
How to Shake Djibouti
The U.N. declares that nation- and business-building are related. Read more
Dossier: Trade Secrets
Stephanie Black's film Life and Debt challenges a political position that many CEOs support. Read more
Q
Two microloan experts answer some often asked questions about microloans. Read more
Behind the Boom in Microloans
What are microloans and who's making them? Information on SBA's microlending program and a microenterprise directory. Read more
Seed Capital, Part II: More Microlending
Nonprofits organizations are providing microloans through a SBA program geared to qualified entrepreneurs. Read more
Tapping the 'Microlenders'
New Small Business Administration pilot program helps business owners with restricted access to capital. Read more
A Little Help from the Government
Types of government financing and tips on how to find them. Read more
Report Casts Doubt on Giving Small Loans to Poor Entrepreneurs
Global microfinance programs may not help reduce overall poverty in the developing world, new research shows. Read more
Bootstrap Banking
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 more
Goernment Taketh;
CAN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT USE its eminent domain power to crush a business deal and keep jobs from leaving town? For better than 30 years, eminent doma... Read more
Getting It Together
In "Unlimited Partners," Joel Kotkin identifies an important facet of the strategy for companies that compete in increasingly volatile and sophisticated m... Read more
Washington Report: The Eda Loan Sell-off
Small businesspeople often applaud when Reagan Administration officials talk about "privatizing" parts of the federal government, bureaucratese for return... Read more
World Bank Turns To Aiding Small Companies
When the World Bank lends money at favorable interest rates, it usually goes to support massive industrial, hydroelectric, or agricultural projects. Now,... Read more
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 more
U.S. Department of Commerce
The Department of Commerce, which was established in 1903, is one of the main government agencies intended to assist businesses—large and small&mdas... Read more
2005 Budget Axes Funding for Microloans
April 2004 -- The Bush administration's budget for 2005 does not include funding for the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA) Micro... Read more
Microlending Offers Opportunity for Financial Start-ups
Dec. 14, 2004 --As microfinance continues to emerge as a means of alleviating poverty in developing countries, it has also become an attra... Read more
Lawmakers Assail SBA's Proposed Budget
Democrats contend that President Bush is shortchanging the Small Business Administration. Read more
How to Start a Business in Dallas
It's one of the biggest U.S. cities for business, and nearly 80 percent of Dallas companies are small businesses. Here's how to break in. Read more
Republican Richard Thornburgh
A popular governor worries that while his party feuds over ideological concerns, Democrats will steal away with the issues of economic growth Read more
PharmaJet Finally Gets Unstuck
After years of struggle, Kathy Callender is starting to make her do-gooder dream look like a great business. Read more
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