Growing Your Business: How to find financing and use free marketing tools like Google Places Google and ACCION San Diego bring you a FREE educational workshop to boost your online visibility and increase your business’ financial strength. At this workshop you will… Leran how to finance your business start-up or expansion Learn how to utilize [...]
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Department of Veterans Affairs
Aids veterans with various issues including business opportunities. Phone: 800.949.8387 or 202.461.4300, Website: www.va.gov/osdbu
Kiva, Accion USA and Opportunity Fund: Invest in US Small Biz
According to ReadWriteWeb (RWW), a tech, startup and social media news site, Kiva.org, Opportunity Fund, and Accion USA have teamed up to allow one version of microfiance to thrive domestically. They’re partnering to allow you to invest in U.S. based small businesses at a time where we need the economic help from anyone who can [...]
Nine Days Following Microfinance in Peru
Editor’s note: Seattle-based Global Partnerships just led a group of travelers on a nine-day trip to Peru to see microfinance programs in action. What did they learn? A lot–including why you have to have strong lungs to be a FONDESURCO loan officer and the importance of communal meals for communal banks. Read trip leader Chris [...]
Grameen Takes Microfinance to Omaha
Eighteen months after Grameen America launched a pilot program of microcredit lending in Queens, New York, it has announced plans to expand its model into Omaha, Nebraska. Although microfinance has been available in the United States for some time, most providers use a model that more closely resembles the traditional banking model. Grameen America uses [...]
San Diego Microfinance Summit 2009
SAN DIEGO—April 6, 2009: The first San Diego Microfinance Summit will be held on Thursday, May 7, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice on the campus of University of San Diego. The conference, which will highlight the local and international work of San Diego’s microfinance [...]
Offers programs and training for entrepreneurs in the life sciences and technology industries. Phone: 858.964.1300, Website: www.connect.org
San Diego County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Offers networking and training events. Phone: 858.268.0790, Website: www.sdchcc.com
Provides advice and business resources such as a financial resource center, business solutions, businesses for sale, B2B leads and more. Phone: 415.694.5000, Website: www.allbusiness.com
