BOI – Business Development Services

From the inception of the microenterprise field in the United States, practitioners have recognized that strong financial management skills are a critical ingredient for business
success.

Details data documenting the number, size, and services offered by microenterprise development organizations that provide a range of training and technical assistance services to clients.

The third forum in FIELD’s sustainability series explores how ACEnet (the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks) is using earned income as a strategy to achieve greater sustainability.

Explores how one microenterprise development organization (West Company in northern California) is helping low-income microentrepreneurs document their participation in the economy and take advantage of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).

This literature review summarizes what is known about the factors that influence business growth (both those that constrain and support it) and identifies successful strategies to support growth. Included is an extensive bibliography, useful to those who want to conduct further research.

Volume six of FIELD’s Best Practice series explores the ways in which “networking” can be supported by microenterprise assistance programs.

This fifth Best Practice Guide navigates the whirlwind of the technological revolution, introducing a framework by which microenterprise practitioners can use technology to enhance and expand their business, and offering practitioners guidance on assisting their clients with technology needs.

This Guide briefly addresses some of the issues microenterprise programs should consider when buying a new training curriculum, and offers detailed information about 13 curricula available commercially.

This module explores how business consulting, coaching and mentoring can enhance the mix of services offered to entrepreneurs.

This publication focuses on best practices in core training and its implications for improving training services.