Entrepreneurs: Favorite Links
- ACCION International has served as a leader in microfinance since 1973. http://www.accion.org
- Association for Enterprise Opportunity supports entrepreneurs that are underserved to establish themselves and their businesses. www.aeoworks.org
- Association of Women Business Centers (AWBC) supports women in their quest for entrepreneurship. www.awbc.biz
- Beehive Entrepreneur’s Center offers a number of resources to assist Kenyan entrepreneurs with their business dreams. http://kenya.thebeehive.org/en/content/33/46
- Black Enterprise magazine provides business, investing, and career boosting resources for African Americans. www.blackenterprise.com
- Consultants Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) is the leading independent resource for objective information, expert opinion, and innovative solutions for microfinance. http://www.cgap.org
- Center for Women and Enterprise works to help women begin and expand their businesses. http://cweonline.org
- Digital Women provides a number of resources to assist women in obtaining information about starting their businesses and provides a networking platform for women. www.digital-women.com
- Dr. Muhammad Yunus provides in-depth information on Dr. Yunus, an influential leader in the microfinance movement; the bank he founded Grameen Bank and its programs; articles on microfinance; and more. http://muhammadyunus.org/
- The Economist reports on world news, politics, and business. http://www.economist.com/printedition/
- Entrepreneur.com offers videos and information about entrepreneurship and helping your business grow. www.entrepreneur.com
- Financial Times offers international business news and trends.
http://www.ft.com/home/us
- Forbes is a financial magazine famous for its published lists
http://www.forbes.com/
- Grameen Bank, a bank for the poor, was founded by Dr. Muhammad Yunus. http://www.grameen-info.org/
- Inc. is a magazine targeted to people who are growing their companies. www.inc.com
- International Year of Microcredit provides the history of microcredit and a resource for those looking for lenders. http://www.yearofmicrocredit.org/
- The Kaufman Foundation supports the advancement of entrepreneurship through trainings, policies and technology. www.kauffman.org
- Microfinance Gateway is a comprehensive online resource for the global microfinance community; it includes research and publications. http://www.microfinancegateway.org/
- Microfinance for Kids: One Hen is a microfinance website for kids, with fun games and a virtual market, it also includes lesson plans for teachers and librarians. http://onehen.opportunity.org/
- Microfinance and Microenterprise: A Way to Help the Poor Accumulate Resources
http://www.microfinance.com/
Papers, abstracts, and scorecards on microfinance and microenterprise around the world, some countries include: Argentina, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, and Morocco.
- NEED — The Humanitarian Magazine is dedicated to global and domestic humanitarian issues. http://www.needmagazine.com/
- Pro Mujer! Is an international microfinance and women’s development network aiding Latin America’s poorest women https://promujer.org/index.tpl
- Reuters is a news agency reporting on business trends and other issues relevant to entrepreneurs. www.reuters.com
- Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner provides videos and podcasts that include lectures by leading entrepreneurs. http://ecorner.stanford.edu/
- THINK Microfinance.org is a portal where students and professionals interested in sustainable social development through microfinance can interact. http://www.thinkmicrofinance.org/
- Trickle Up helps very poor people make their way out of poverty by providing business training, seed capital (start-up) grants, and support to help people living on less than US$1a day launch a microenterprise.http://www.trickleup.org/
- Wall Street Journal is a newspaper that covers international business and financial issues.
http://online.wsj.com/home-page
- Women Entrepreneur offers a wealth of resources and information for business women. www.womenentrepreneur.com/
- Women’s Venture Fund helps women entrepreneurs gain skills for success. www.wvf-ny.org/
- Women’s World Banking (WWB) was founded by Michaela Walsh. WWB’s mission is “to expand the economic assets, participation, and power of poor women as entrepreneurs and economic agents by opening their access to finance, knowledge and markets.” http://www.swwb.org/
- World Vision Report is a weekly, daily feature that captures the human drama behind global issues and events affecting the world’s poorest children and families. www.worldvisionreport.org
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