Microbusinesses, Gainful Jobs
May 28, 2015Read FIELD’s new report Microbusinesses, Gainful Jobs. They found that workers value the flexibility, fulfillment, and skill-building opportunities offered by their…
Best Cities for Minorities
May 27, 2015Best Cities for Minorities: Gauging the Economics of Opportunity By Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox for the Center for Opportunity…Women’s Business Centers and their Performance
May 1, 2015In collaboration with the SBA Office of Women’s Business Ownership, the Council worked with Carnegie Mellon University to review and…Build Market-Relevant Microlenders
March 2, 2015Joyce Klein of Aspen Institute’s FIELD program writes how impact investments can be used to scale microlending. The essay appears in…
2014 Small Business Credit Survey
January 26, 2015Since 2010, the Federal Reserve has been monitoring small business credit conditions through regional surveys of business owners. In 2014,…
Investing on Economic Mobility
December 17, 2014The Bottom Line: Investing for Impact on Economic Mobility in the U.S. draws on the lessons from market-based approaches to…
Student Debt Among Young Entrepreneurs
November 23, 2014A quick run down of the ways that student debt and entrepreneurship interact.Hiring for Self-Employed and Microbusinesses
October 1, 2014The Council commissioned research on sole proprietorships and the factors leading to these firms’ first hires. The purpose was to…Access to Capital by Women-Owned Businesses
August 1, 2014This report examines factors affecting access to capital for high growth women-owned or women-led firms. Prior research suggests that significant…
Barriers to Women’s Entrepreneurship
July 23, 2014Women entrepreneurs still face challenges getting fair access to capital. Only 4 percent of the total dollar value of all…
