CDR Announces January Lending Information Meeting

  Entrepreneurs with a business idea or business owners who want to grow — especially those struggling to find funding — should circle Jan. 11, 2012 on their calendars. That’s the day Community Development Resources will host a free lending information meeting at Southeast Community College in Lincoln. Deb Payne, manager of Alice’s Integrity Loan Fund at [...]

Micro Businesses Depend on the Nebraska Enterprise Fund

Nebraska Enterprise Fund (NEF) is a private, non-profit organization that was formed in 1994 to help Nebraska’s micro and small businesses develop. Micro businesses are small, self-employed, start-up or home-based business consisting of 10 or fewer employees. Micro and small businesses’ growth and development fuel Nebraska’s economy and, for several years, NEF has helped these businesses [...]

REAP provides micro-loans to small Nebraska businesses

Getting a loan from a bank is difficult when the economic environment is struggling. Programs that offer micro-lending to businesses might be a possible route for new startups. The Rural Enterprise Assistance Program (REAP), part of the Center for Rural Affairs, focuses on small business lending, technical assistance, loan packaging and networking opportunities for businesses. [...]

Grow Nebraska Helping Nebraskas Small and Boutique Entrepreneurs

Grow Nebraska from Nebraska Entrepreneur on Vimeo. Janell Anderson-Ehrke talks about GROW Nebraska and how they help entrepreneurs bring their products to market and the impact they have on economic development.