From the Annie E. Casy Foundation: Small Business Development Strategies Practices to Promote Success among Low-Income Entrepreneurs by Kevin McQueen and John Weiser, Brody Weiser Burns, January 2007. This paper discusses practices that community economic development professionals have found effective in helping residents of low income neighborhoods launch businesses. By way of background, many inner city economies show great vibrancy. The 100 fastest growing companies in underserved markets are growing at better than 50 percent per year. Many other businesses are also doing well. In 2005, 80 percent of inner city jobs were in small businesses. http://www.brodyweiser.com/pdf/Small_Business_Development_Strategies-final.pdf
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Practices to Promote Success among Low-Income Entrepreneurs by Kevin McQueen and John Weiser, Brody Weiser Burns, January 2007
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