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Entrepreneurship Under Threat: Latinx Vendors in California’s Flea Markets

Wed, 1 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Entrepreneurship Under Threat: Latinx Vendors in California’s Flea Markets

Identifying Access-to-Capital Issues Amongst Immigrant Small Business Owners

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Identifying Access-to-Capital Issues Amongst Immigrant Small Business Owners

Navigating Barriers: Struggles and Strategies of Immigrant Women Entrepreneurs in the Bay Area

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Navigating Barriers: Struggles and Strategies of Immigrant Women Entrepreneurs in the Bay Area

Equity in Emergency Response: Addressing Multilingual Communication Barriers

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Equity in Emergency Response: Addressing Multilingual Communication Barriers

The Untold Stories of Self- Employed Immigrant Latina Housekeepers During the 2025 Palisades Fire

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Untold Stories of Self- Employed Immigrant Latina Housekeepers During the 2025 Palisades Fire

Beyond Capital: How CDFIs and Mentorship Fuel Civic Power Among Latinx-Owned Small Businesses in LA

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Beyond Capital: How CDFIs and Mentorship Fuel Civic Power Among Latinx-Owned Small Businesses in LA

Five Years After COVID‑19: How Policy Failures and Rising Rents Continue to Threaten Latino Businesses in L.A.’s Fashion District

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Five Years After COVID‑19: How Policy Failures and Rising Rents Continue to Threaten Latino Businesses in L.A.’s Fashion District

Closing the Wealth Gap: Removing Barriers Faced by Women of Color Entrepreneurs

Fri, 6 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Small businesses are at the cornerstone of the US economy - driving innovation, generating wealth, and creating jobs. Although women of color (WOC) make up an important and expanding segment of small business owners, research has shown that they are also more likely to face challenges accessing capital, which limits their opportunities for growth and innovation. Understanding their experiences is therefore crucial for identifying policies and practices that can bridge resource gaps for marginalized business owners.

Our research takes a qualitative approach to uncovering how lived experiences and intersectionality impact WOC's access to capital and how resources, policies, and practices can support their access to the right capital at the right time. Based on 31 interviews with WOC entrepreneurs, our research uncovers the factors enabling and constraining WOC entrepreneurs when starting and growing their businesses and the effect of lived experience on women of color entrepreneurs'...

POC Small Business Owners in Sacramento: Challenges Faced and Related Issues

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

POC Small Business Owners in Sacramento: Challenges Faced and Related Issues

Lending Practices for Formerly Incarcerated Entrepreneurs of Color: The Considerations from Community Development Financial Institutions

Mon, 7 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Lending Practices for Formerly Incarcerated Entrepreneurs of Color: The Considerations from Community Development Financial Institutions

Once Here and Gone Forever: The Perils of Being A POC Business Owner in San Francisco Chinatown; An Op-Ed

Mon, 7 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Once Here and Gone Forever: The Perils of Being A POC Business Owner in San Francisco Chinatown; An Op-Ed

Entrepreneurial Women of Color: Small Business Success in California's Food Industry

Mon, 7 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Entrepreneurial Women of Color: Small Business Success in California's Food Industry

Supporting Community Development Financial Institutions Amidst Legal and Political Challenges

Mon, 7 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Supporting Community Development Financial Institutions Amidst Legal and Political Challenges

Beyond Financial Assistance: Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Black and Latino Small Businesses Owners

Mon, 7 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Beyond Financial Assistance: Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Black and Latino Small Businesses Owners

The Power of (Good) Marketing: San Francisco’s Outreach to Its Diverse Small Businesses

Mon, 7 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The Power of (Good) Marketing: San Francisco’s Outreach to Its Diverse Small Businesses

How the Covid-19 Pandemic Exacerbated the fight between POC-OwnedSmall Businesses & Gentrification

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

How the Covid-19 Pandemic Exacerbated the fight between POC-OwnedSmall Businesses & Gentrification

Overcoming Barriers to Employment By Employing Oneself: Understanding How A Criminal Record Affects One’s Potential to Develop Their Own Business

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Overcoming Barriers to Employment By Employing Oneself: Understanding How A Criminal Record Affects One’s Potential to Develop Their Own Business

The Challenges LA County Latino Food Truck Owners Face in Opening and Expandingtheir Business

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The Challenges LA County Latino Food Truck Owners Face in Opening and Expandingtheir Business

Helping Out — Why Small Business Centers Matter

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Helping Out — Why Small Business Centers Matter

The Benefits of Farmers Markets

Thu, 27 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

The Benefits of Farmers Markets

How Latinx Business Owners Utilize Social Media