article thumbnail

Why Small Community Lenders Have Your Back

Up and Running

But don’t fret—community lenders are helping small businesses. Meet the community lenders. Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are one type of community lender. They are usually nonprofit organizations committed to the mission of making capital accessible to the communities they serve.

Community 117
article thumbnail

28 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Entrepreneurs They Consider to be Successful

Hearpreneur

I learned from her that even if finances are an issue, it's worth taking risks if you know your idea would change the market. As early as 1994, he had guessed that the Internet would be the next boom, and people would prefer to buy things online in the future. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. 14- Arianna Huffington.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

There was a lot of consumer internet activity again…resurgence of things, but it was still mysterious, venture capital was still kind of closed, 1st time entrepreneurs had a lot of questions that were unanswered, and there was still some sort of hand waiving around all the financing stuff and so we took it on….”. Was it David Cohen’ Idea?

article thumbnail

10 Amazing Microfinance Success Stories

YoungUpstarts

SHARE Micro Finance Limited, India. Joyce Wafukho used her small savings to open a hardware store in 1994. After five years of being turned down by lenders, she approached the Kenya Women Finance Trust for a $680 loan. Amazingly, Calzado herself emigrated to the U.S. from Cuba despite speaking no English and being legally blind.

Colombia 263
article thumbnail

Tianyi Joe Zhu, Entrepreneur and Startup Advocate

The Startup Magazine

Today we send out an inspiring notice about a young leader in the startup community who is truly making a difference with his high energy in bridging startups with investors and selfless pursuit of innovative solutions. We wish him all the best and continued success.” ” So what’s next for the young entrepreneur?

Illinois 109
article thumbnail

How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Mr. Lindzon has more than 20 years experience in the financial community acting in both an entrepreneurial and investing capacity. He has lectured and consulted extensively for industry, academia, military, and intelligence communities. Michael was the lead research analyst for the IPOs of Internet companies like UUNET, Yahoo!

article thumbnail

10 lessons I learned by taking the entrepreneurial Red Pill

The Next Web

Back in 1994, when Jeff Bezos started Amazon, he had to raise money from 22(!) The most encouraging lesson of all has been the awesome community that exists around startups. And next to the community that is around you, there’s a whole world out there that seems to know exactly what you go through. You’re not alone.