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Outcomes on credit scores and financial behaviors of microentrepreneurs who used a secured credit card.

Released in 2014, the US Microenterprise Census Highlights of 2012 include data from 217 microenterprise organizations across the country.

Each year FIELD’s Client Outcomes process works with microenterprise organizations to collect data on clients served.

Owning a business is one key means through which individuals and families build assets.

This brief publication offers strategies and practices for mobilizing funding for microenterprise training services.

Compelled by the drive to serve larger numbers of aspiring entrepreneurs amid a tighter funding environment, many microenterprise development organizations are, not surprisingly, looking more closely at distance learning.

Released in 2013, the US Microenterprise Census Highlights of 2011 include data from 207 microenterprise organizations across the country.

Outcomes data demonstrate the power of very small businesses to produce jobs for their owners and others.

How are microentrepreneurs combining self- and wage employment in today’s economic context?

This paper presents the first set of findings from the Asset Building through Credit Pilot program, a demonstration that explored the use of secured credit card, teamed with credit coaching, as a tool to help entrepreneurs to build their credit.