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AEO News
Confirmed National Summit Keynote Speakers
Bob Trask
Michael Shuman
Michelle Long
Jeremy Nowak
David Zach
Winter 2007 Issue - For AEO members only! Read about how microenterprises are benefiting from regional branding efforts in Arkansas and New York and learn about AEO member META.
AEO’s Rural Summit
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Anaheim, California, the same location as the National Summit on Entrepreneurship TM. Click here for more information
Member Media List
State-by-state media lists to make it easier to work with local media and raise awareness about microenterprise. Click here.
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.
AEO Podcasting Site - Listen to highlights from AEO’s 2007 Conference and Expo and some of the monthly conference calls on public policy.
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PROSPERITY FOR ALL THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP
MICROENTERPRISE POLICY UPDATE
Press Release- AEO Board Chair Urges Congress to Preserve SBA Microloan Program
Find out the funding status of federal microenterprise programs such as the SBA Microloan program and Women's Business Centers. Click here.
MICROENTERPRISE NEWS
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AEO in The NY TIMES! Small Firms Find Credit is Tightening
The New York Times reports that small business owners are encoutering more restrictions at lending institutions. Amy McKenna Luz, AEO president and CEO, is quoted in the article along with Kathy Wheeler, chief executive of AEO member Community Business Partnership in Springfield, Virginia. Click here to read the full story.
This article also appears in the International Hearable Tribune.
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AEO MEMBER NEWS
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Detroit Entrepreneurship Institute Awarded 2007 Women's Business Center of Excellence
The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently announced that AEO member Detroit Entrepreneurship Institute, Inc. has been selected as the “ 2007 Women’s Business Center of Excellence.” DEI will receive the award during the SBA Small Business Week events in Washington, DC, April 21-23. Congratulations to Cathy McClelland, DEI president and CEO, and the DEI staff.
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Wisconsin Microenterprise Advocate Honored as SBA Women in Business Champion
The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently named Julann Jatczak, Vice President, AEO member Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corp (WWBIC). in Milwaukee, as the national Women in Business Champion. Julann will receive the award next month in Washington DC. Congratulations to Julann for this special honor and all her hard work and dedication to the microenterprise development field.
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SBA Honors PPEP Microbusiness and Housing Development Corporation
The Small Business Administration (SBA) Arizona District Office recently awarded AEO member PPEP Microbusiness and Housing Development Corporation (PMHDC) the Arizona Lender Advocacy Award. The award honors lenders that strive to strengthen the Arizona economy by aiding, counseling, and assisting small businesses. Congratulations to Executive Director Frank Ballesteros and the PMHDC staff.
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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