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December 04, 2006
MNB 12/04/06: Micros and Credit Cards, Mixed Blessing
We're back to microbusinesses and access to capital this week, with a story on market research conducted by various folks in the microenterprise development field on the entry of banks into the micro-credit market. The fact that the mainstream financial services industry is making capital available to microbusinesses is a good thing, but their product of choice -- credit cards -- raises some questions about the cost of that capital.
Plus we have the wonderful, heart-warming story of a lucrative online microbusiness born of a family's struggle to save a child's life. Pay a visit to Alex's Coupons if you get a chance.
Listen to this week's podcast.
For more information:
The Aspen Institute
Microenterprise Fund for Innovation, Effective, Learning and Dissemination (FIELD)
Alex's Coupons
Evening Magazine segment on Alex's Coupons
GAO report on SBIR program
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small business lending, microlending, small business innovation research, microbusiness
Posted by The MicroEnterprise Journal at December 4, 2006 12:25 AM