small business

How to Make Small Business Loans Accessible and Fair

In this clip, the Aspen Institute’s Joyce Klein testifies at a congressional hearing on Fintech and Transparency in Small Business Lending.

July 13, 2022
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We Need Borrower Protections for Small Businesses, Too

In this clip, the Aspen Institute’s Joyce Klein testifies at a congressional hearing on Fintech and Transparency in Small Business Lending.

July 13, 2022
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What Is the Small Business Borrowers’ Bill of Rights?

In this clip, the Aspen Institute’s Joyce Klein testifies at a congressional hearing on Fintech and Transparency in Small Business Lending.

July 13, 2022
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The Value of Job Quality Partnerships for Small Businesses

How can collaborative and creative partnerships benefit workers and businesses across the country?

April 13, 2022

Lessons and Takeaways from Supporting Small Businesses to Improve Job Quality: Seven Tips for Workforce Organizations

Here are seven lessons around prospecting, recruitment, and engagement based on our experience working with Pacific Community Ventures.

April 12, 2022
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Practical Guide to Elevated Cybersecurity Risks for Small & Medium-sized Organizations

Amidst widespread fears of cyber ramifications for the US and western networks due to Russia’s war in Ukraine, Aspen Digital brought together some of the country’s top experts on cyber threats to help small and medium-size businesses understand how to handle online risks to their networks and operations. There are several concrete actions organizations can take today to prepare for a possible cyber incident.

March 16, 2022

Economic Opportunities Program Newsletter, February 2022

The pandemic and associated crises bring new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.

February 28, 2022

Financing the Small Business Recovery: 7 Key Facts and Challenges for 2022

Although the pandemic has taken a steep toll on small firms, there are also signs of resilience and optimism.

February 18, 2022

We protect individuals from predatory lending practices — why not small businesses too?

Small businesses are critical to our economy, and they deserve the same basic standards of transparency and fairness that consumers now have.

February 17, 2022