Amazon’s Small Business Impact
January 3, 2018Amazon released its first-ever Small Business Impact Report which found more than 1 million U.S.-based small and medium-sized businesses are…
2016 Rural Firms Credit Survey
December 22, 2017The physical location of rural small employer firms in less densely populated areas presents an economic, demographic and cultural context…2017 UN Report on Poverty & Human Rights in the US
December 15, 2017I have spent the past two weeks visiting the United States, at the invitation of the federal government, to look…CDFIs & Impact Investing
December 11, 2017Many urban and rural communities throughout the country lack the capital and resources necessary to create opportunity and promote growth.…
What Women Entrepreneurs Need to Thrive
December 1, 2017Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, released a report titled: “Tackling…
2016 Microbusinesses Credit Survey
November 29, 2017This report is one in a series based on the findings of the 2016 Small Business Credit Survey (SBCS), a…
2016 Women-Owned Firms Credit Survey
November 13, 2017This report uses a unique dataset to examine the experiences of women-owned small employer firms, especially as compared to their…Peer Learning Community Programs
November 10, 2017For the past decade, Catherine Marshall has helped foundations, collaboratives, and associations design and launch their own Peer Learning Community…2016 Minority-Owned Firms Credit Survey
November 9, 2017This report is the third in a series of reports based on the 2016 Small Business Credit Survey (SBCS), a…
Disparities in Small Business Lending
November 2, 2017A study examining disparities in small business lending conducted by the Woodstock Institute found that Fresno minority businesses are losing…
