Published 1/20/2016
Small business development: entrepreneurship as a poverty alleviation strategy
- Education and training
- Coaching/support
- Access to capital: Microloans, Kiva Zip, SBA Loans, Community Prosperity Fund (philanthropy)
National Urban League Entrepreneurship Centers (12 nationally) www.iamempowered.com
Growing the community’s economic vibrancy: new business ventures create new jobs
- Incubators
- Accelerators
- Access to capital
- Start-up (CincyTech, incubators)
- Seed stage
- Early growth stage (Minority Business Accelerator GrowthBridge Fund)
- Philanthropy: impact investing
Social enterprise: revenue-generators for nonprofit organizations
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