Outreach to underserved or low-hanging fruit?

The SBA has announced a new pilot that they want to use as a part of their outreach efforts in so-called underserved areas.
Parenthetically, I’d love it if somebody defined the term “underserved area” for me. Everybody who uses it seems to know what they mean but I am not so well-informed and I’m not inclined [...]

Microcredits on the way to solving their own problem

Sometimes, I hate programming.
So, to take a break from the geeking that’s turning my hair white … there’s a bit of promising news from the microenterprise development front.
Regular readers of The MicroEnterprise Journal will know that the intrepid folks who offer microcredit services and business management training to low-income microentrepreneurs operate with a goal of [...]

Stepping on the wrong toes

This is going to be a weird week, folks. I’m heading to Minnesota tomorrow morning (which means I’m running around like a crazy person today), so updates to the blog here are going to be a bit spastic.
By the way, if you happen to live in or near the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and you can [...]

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