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Employment and Jobs

Building Shared Success: A Guide to Small Business Job Quality Advising for CDFIs

This tool offers guidance for business advisors at CDFIs on how to have conversations with small business owners on job quality improvements.

BY Bryn Morgan & 2 more

Publication

5 days ago
Employment and Jobs

Latina Entrepreneurs Show the Power of a Firm-Centric Approach to Procurement

Latina entrepreneurs must overcome significant barriers to gain visibility in procurement departments.

Blog Post

03.30.2023
Racial Equity

Scaling Lending: Strategies & Tactics for High-Volume Originations

This paper shares key lessons on microloan origination, including practices of CDFIs that are originating thousands of loans annually.

BY Eric Weaver & 2 more

Publication

03.14.2023
Employment and Jobs

The Procurement Economy as a Path to Equity and Small Business Growth

The American dream lives in the ambitions, the hustle, and the innovation of small businesses.

Blog Post

01.05.2023
Small Business

Shared Success: Scaling Small Business Job Quality

Community development financial institutions will support business owners to improve jobs while strengthening their businesses.

BY Economic Opportunities Program

Blog Post

09.28.2022
Small Business

Here’s How a Federal Truth-in-Lending Law Would Work

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

BY Joyce Klein & 1 more

Video

07.13.2022
Small Business

Why Small Businesses Are Susceptible to Predatory Lending

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

BY Joyce Klein & 1 more

Video

07.13.2022
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.

BY Joyce Klein & 1 more

Video

07.13.2022
Small Business

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.

BY Joyce Klein & 1 more

Video

07.13.2022
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