Microloans 101
Looking beyond traditional loans? Learn more about this alternative and increasingly popular lending option.
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Looking beyond traditional loans? Learn more about this alternative and increasingly popular lending option.
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Uncertain economic times and a tight credit environment call for creative, nontraditional financial solutions for minority entrepreneurs.
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A debate between two founding fathers of microfinance electrified the sixth annual Clinton Global Initiative in New York City.
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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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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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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
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
Major leaders of the global microfinance movement gathered this week at the Microcredit Summit Campa... Read more
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
Welcome to the newest installment of the Kiva Connection. In my Read more
A recent survey of 84 countries conducted by the World Bank found a significant relationship between economic development and entrepreneurial activity aro... Read more
Community funds are filling a gap. Read more
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
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
A new World Bank report ranks nations based on ease of starting a business and other factors. Read more
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
Bernard van der Lande built his business on getting World Bank contracts. Then the rules seemed to change. Read more
Economist Muhammed Yunus and the institution he founded, the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, shared the Nobel Prize for Peace, it was Read more
June 27, 2005 --American investment in foreign economies skyrocketed in 2004, as U.S. companies looked to opportunities in developing coun... Read more
What do you do when the government wants to replace your business with a big swimming pool? Read more
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
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
What to keep in mind if you do business in the inner city. Read more
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
The U.N. declares that nation- and business-building are related. Read more
Stephanie Black's film Life and Debt challenges a political position that many CEOs support. Read more
Two microloan experts answer some often asked questions about microloans. Read more
What are microloans and who's making them? Information on SBA's microlending program and a microenterprise directory. Read more
Nonprofits organizations are providing microloans through a SBA program geared to qualified entrepreneurs. Read more
New Small Business Administration pilot program helps business owners with restricted access to capital. Read more
Types of government financing and tips on how to find them. Read more
Global microfinance programs may not help reduce overall poverty in the developing world, new research shows. Read more
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
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
In "Unlimited Partners," Joel Kotkin identifies an important facet of the strategy for companies that compete in increasingly volatile and sophisticated m... Read more
Small businesspeople often applaud when Reagan Administration officials talk about "privatizing" parts of the federal government, bureaucratese for return... Read more
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 (CDCs) are locally based nonprofit organizations that work to help the residents of impoverished areas to improve their... Read more
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
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
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
Democrats contend that President Bush is shortchanging the Small Business Administration. Read more
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
A popular governor worries that while his party feuds over ideological concerns, Democrats will steal away with the issues of economic growth Read more
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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