Economic Research
Economic ResearchTopic - Entrepreneurship
Ninth District Insight Report - Quarter 4, 2012
April 2013 - Ninth District Insight
Rural CDFIs: Creating connections to marketplaces: A conversation with Mary Mathews of the Entrepreneur Fund
Community Dividend speaks with Mary Mathews, founding president and CEO of the Entrepreneur Fund, to learn about the circumstances and challenges rural community development financial institutions (CD
Michou Kokodoko
January 2013 - Community Dividend
Ninth District Insight Report - Quarter 2, 2012
Published by the Community Development Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
December 2012 - Ninth District Insight
"Agripreneur" program helps rural Latinos become small-scale farmers
An initiative of Minneapolis-based Main Street Project teaches budding farmers, or "agripreneurs," to raise and sell poultry and other agricultural products as part of an emerging local food network.
Jacob Wascalus
October 2012 - Community Dividend
Goldman Sachs awards $4.4 million to Montana CDC
October 2012 - Community Dividend
Call for papers: The eighth biennial Federal Reserve community development research conference
July 2012 - Community Dividend
Citi Foundation awards entrepreneurship grant to SDIBA
July 2012 - Community Dividend
Fed releases report on economic development in Indian Country
July 2012 - Community Dividend
Ninth District community conditions are mixed, Minneapolis Fed report finds
July 2012 - Community Dividend
Harvest Initiative and Hunkpati Investments: Stirring up economic development on the Crow Creek reservation
The story of how residents of the Crow Creek Indian reservation, a prominent businessman, a church congregation, and two young attorneys came to be deeply involved in improving the reservation's econo
Sandy Gerber
October 2011 - Community Dividend
Little Mogadishu in the All-America City? Somali entrepreneurship in Willmar, Minnesota
Somali immigrants encounter acceptance and some challenges as they establish businesses in a small city in central Minnesota.
Nima Hassan
October 2011 - Community Dividend
Booming, and well positioned, but still risk averse
Despite the state’s strong economy, one expert says North Dakota could use more derring-do
Ronald A. Wirtz
July 2011 - fedgazette
Cage match: Entrepreneurs vs. the recession
Has the recession taken entrepreneurial tendencies to the canvas?
Ronald A. Wirtz
July 2011 - fedgazette
Standing receives Minority Small Business Champion Award
July 2011 - Community Dividend
Hispanic entrepreneurship grows, but barriers persist
Despite recent progress, Hispanic-owned firms lag behind in some respects. Fortunately, federal and nonprofit agencies offer programs designed to help close the gap.
Michou Kokodoko
April 2011 - Community Dividend
