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ACCION USA Highlights Benefits of Microfinance
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1/18/2010 |
ACCION USA, which to date has met the financing needs of over 11,000 small businesses in the U.S., has launched a new site that highlights the very tangible benefits of microfinancing by showcasing the real life stories of Hispanic small business owners who are getting an opportunity to realize their entreprenurial dreams.
By Juan Silvera
The web site is called itsnotcharity.org and in addition to raising money to help small businesses, it features case studies of small business owners like Marcela Mezones, who, thanks to an ACCION USA loan, is now running her own restaurant in South Florida. We like this site because it makes a very compelling case for the huge impact that a relatively small amount of financing can have on a start-up.
Of course for those of us that are familar with ACCION, this is not news. They have been around since 1991 and to date have helped thousands of small companies get a start. According to the organization, each microloan that they make creates or retains 2.4 jobs primarily in low to moderate income communities. Most remarkable, 98% of ACCION USA borrowers are still in business. Here's Marcela sharing her story:
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| Often we forget the little guy, the SMB, in our discussions of the comings and goings of the Internet marketing industry. Sure there are times like this when a report surfaces talking about their issues and concerns but, for the most part, we like to talk about big brands and how they do the Internet marketing thing well or not so well.<br><br>www.onlineuniversalwork.com<br><br> |
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Kamau Jackson is Senior Strategy Consultant at Internet Knowledge Solutions, a Chicago small business consulting agency. His company provides both online and offline marketing and sales strategy consulting as well as search engine optimization, and both email and text message marketing services. He is also author of the forthcoming book Capture The Home Page Advantage: How To Transform An Under-performing Website Into A Round-the-Clock Marketing Machine. For free marketing and sales training resources and more information, visit the Internet Knowledge Solutions web site.
Kamau Jackson is Senior Strategy Consultant at Internet Knowledge Solutions, a Chicago small business consulting agency. His company provides both online and offline marketing and sales strategy consulting as well as search engine optimization, and both email and text message marketing services. He is also author of the forthcoming book Capture The Home Page Advantage: How To Transform An Under-performing Website Into A Round-the-Clock Marketing Machine. For free marketing and sales training resources and more information, visit the Internet Knowledge Solutions web site.
Juan Silvera publishes and edits HispanicSMB.com. Over the last 12 years he has been a partner in three different online ventures: Fusive.com (acquired by SAIC), Connetation GmbH and Latin3. In addition to running HispanicSMB.com Juan is a Senior Vice President in the Digital Marketing division of a Fortune 100 financial institution. He has lived and worked in L.A., Mexico City, Caracas, Salzburg (Austria), Ft. Lauderdale and Charlotte, NC.
Juan Silvera publishes and edits HispanicSMB.com. Over the last 12 years he has been a partner in three different online ventures: Fusive.com (acquired by SAIC), Connetation GmbH and Latin3. In addition to running HispanicSMB.com Juan is a Senior Vice President in the Digital Marketing division of a Fortune 100 financial institution. He has lived and worked in L.A., Mexico City, Caracas, Salzburg (Austria), Ft. Lauderdale and Charlotte, NC.
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