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Media materials for AEO member only Help promote microenterprise!
Available to AEO members only - AEO offers state-by-state media lists for daily newspapers and broadcast media. Use these lists to contact local media and raise awareness about microenterprise!
Report microloan data to national credit bureaus...
A new AEO Member, Credit Builders Alliance, is now providing a service for microlenders of all portfolio sizes. Click here for more information.
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PROSPERITY FOR ALL THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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MICROENTERPRISE POLICY UPDATE
Find out the funding status of federal microenterprise programs such as the SBA Microloan program and Women's Business Centers. Click here.
Microenterprise
In the United States, a microenterprise is usually defined as a business with five or fewer employees, small enough to require initial capital of $35,000 or less. AEO estimates there are more than 23 million microenterprises in the U.S., representing 18% of all private U.S. employment and 87% of all businesses.
Microenterprise Development is a pathway to business ownership for underserved entrepreneurs that generates income, builds assets and supports local economies in creating employment. Most microenterprise development programs provide core services including business training and technical assistance, and access to capital. Other services may include access to markets and technology training.
AEO Members
The majority of our member microenterprise development organizations offer business development services such as business training, technical assistance, and access to capital and markets. They serve aspiring and established entrepreneurs interested in starting or expanding a business but who need access to capital or training to acquire the skills they need to run a successful business.
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