entrepreneurs

A New Tool to Address the Racial Wealth Gap

Businesses owned by people of color tend to be in less profitable industries because of the effects of systemic inequality and racism.

December 18, 2020

A Newly Hot Approach on Loans Seeks to Close the Racial Wealth Gap

CDFIs have shown that they can provide a financial lifeline to Black, Hispanic, and female business owners who have been neglected by mainstream banks.

December 10, 2020
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Can Vegan Spam Change the Way Asia Eats?

To help combat climate change, one entrepreneur is working to shift mindsets and change behavior around the way people eat.

September 24, 2020

Economic Opportunities Program Newsletter, August 2020

The COVID-19 crisis brings new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.

August 24, 2020

Protecting the Progress We’ve Made: The SGB Sector in 2019 and Beyond

A new report from the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) sheds new light on trends in the SGB sector from 2019 in terms of investment, donor support, and capacity building for entrepreneurs around the world.

August 5, 2020

Economic Opportunities Program Newsletter, July 2020

The COVID-19 crisis brings new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.

July 31, 2020

These Businesses Can Help Drive the Economic Recovery

Latino-owned businesses have been an engine of new business creation in the US for some time.

May 15, 2020

Reddit: 15 Years of Building Online Community

This program features Steve Huffman, CEO and co-founder of Reddit, in conversation with Christine Lagorio-Chafkin, senior writer at Inc.com and Inc. magazine, about the community and the platform Huffman built 15 years ago.

May 11, 2020

We Need More than Loan Packages to Save the Backbone of American Business

Latino business owners punch above their weight in entrepreneurialism, yet they are also among the most vulnerable in the face of the coronavirus-induced economic standstill.

March 27, 2020
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Not Debatable: Economic Policies Need to Work for Latinos Too

Candidates at the ninth Democratic debate discuss Latino-owned businesses and their plans for closing the $7 billion gap between white entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs of color.

February 21, 2020