🐣 While enjoying precious moments with loved ones this Easter Sunday, many of us find ourselves sharing those ambitious side hustle ideas or potential million-dollar ventures.

Taking that first step is always the most challenging part of the journey, but I promise you won't regret it.

Better Data = More Funding. Funding is the lifeblood for so many ESOs. No more fuzzy numbers. Set up in minutes, not months. Watch real-time data flow automatically. Help more businesses. Secure future funding. Prove your value.
#ImpactMeasurement #GrantFunding #EconomicDevelopment #NonprofitTech

We can do hard things and we must do hard things.

The easy stuff is just jargon.

It’s time to stop the righteous indignation and start helping small businesses and entrepreneurs figure out how to make money.

#equity #economicmobility #smallbusiness #wealthcreation #hardthings

Barriers force many to turn to high-interest, predatory lenders. 🙅🏽

We must strengthen relationships with financial institutions, offer targeted mentorship, and build support networks. 🙏🏽

#SmallBusiness #AccessToCapital #Entrepreneurship #CommunitySupport

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Apple's board votes NO to investor efforts to end the company's DEI efforts. Thank you Apple and Costco - we see and appreciate you!

#USTreasury released their #CDFI annual report. Are we doing enough with the tax payer funded #CDFI program? The unregulated #privatelending marketplace is where most #smallbusinesses get their #capital today due to risk averse banks and restrictions that CDFI lending has. Can we do better?

Here's what nobody talks about with startup ecosystems: Your zip code matters more than your potential. Communities of color often lack access to 3 critical factors:
- Early tech education
- Professional networks
- Investment capital
Tag someone working to change this 🚀

Hot take: The average successful startup founder is 45 years old, not a 20-something college dropout. Most spent 6+ years building skills at other companies first. Are we pushing people into entrepreneurship too early? Or should we focus more on career development first? Share your thoughts 👇

I suspected bootstrapping will become a lot more popular: both because of VC investments drying up, and also because it's becoming easier to build software w/o funding.

Did a deepdive 15 months ago on lessons from successful bootstrapped companies: newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/lessons-fr...

The 2024 State Small Business Credit Initiative report is out. It shows that we were able to meaningfully expand capital access for small businesses, drive job creation and business growth.

Here is the full study: lnkd.in/eCKfenzB

The path to leadership is a long and winding road. Such guideposts sustain us and illuminate our way.

#leadership

The future of work is not about blindly following instructions, but about questioning and understanding the purpose behind them.

When the goal is clear, employees can act with intention—leaving repetitive tasks to robots and freeing humans to think and innovate.

Building passive income isn’t about finding a get-rich-quick scheme. It’s about creating valuable content and products that continue generating revenue long after the initial work is done. #entrepreneurship #passiveincome #youtube

This conversation reflects a broader societal misconception that youth equals innovation and ambition. But the truth? Starting a business at 50+ often brings advantages that younger entrepreneurs simply don’t have. #entreprenuership #entrepreneur #age #innovation

Entrepreneurs transform communities and small businesses are catalysts for social change.

Small businesses catalyze social change…let’s remove barriers so we can help transform our communities.