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Somewhere right now, a business owner is walking out of a bank after being declined for a loan. The numbers were close. The customers are real, the revenue is real, the lease payment has cleared every month for six years. But the collateral was thin, or the last two...
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When Frederick E. Jordan, Sr. tried to start his engineering firm in San Francisco in 1969, he couldn’t get financing. He ran F.E. Jordan Associates part-time out of his home for its first six months, taking on whatever work he could until the business had...
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Every July, Independent Retailer Month celebrates the entrepreneurs who help shape the communities where we live, work, and shop. What began as a grassroots effort to encourage consumers to support locally owned businesses has grown into an international movement...
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There is a word that did not exist in most business conversations a decade ago, and today it describes tens of millions of Americans: solopreneur. A solopreneur is not just a freelancer picking up gigs between jobs. It is not someone waiting for a better offer from a...
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This May, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month is celebrated with the theme “Power in Unity: Strengthening Communities Together.” It is a reminder that progress happens when communities are connected, supported, and seen....
