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Small Business

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.

BY Joyce Klein & 1 more

Blog Post

12.18.2020
Small Business

Using Loans 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.

BY Marc Gunther, The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Blog Post

12.10.2020
Climate Change

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.

BY Aspen Ideas Now

Video

09.24.2020
Employment and Jobs

EOP Newsletter, August 2020

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

BY Economic Opportunities Program

Of Interest

08.24.2020
Small Business

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.

BY Matthew Guttentag

Blog Post

08.05.2020
Employment and Jobs

EOP Newsletter, July 2020

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

BY Economic Opportunities Program

Of Interest

07.31.2020
Small Business

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.

BY Monika Mantilla

Blog Post

05.15.2020
Technology

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.

BY Aspen Society

Video

05.11.2020
Economic Development

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.

BY Mark Madrid , & 1 more

Blog Post

03.27.2020
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