Focus on Entrepreneurship: Additional resources
Our Racism and the Economy: Focus on Entrepreneurship event explores the potential for entrepreneurship to serve as one pathway to transform economic outcomes for communities of color and the broader economy. We have developed a list of additional resources from Federal Reserve Banks that examine race across several entrepreneurship contexts.
Jump to: Session Proposals | Access to capital and credit | Access to resources to start, sustain, and scale | Bolstering small business ecosystems
Session Proposals & Policy Brief
Racism and the Economy: Focus on Entrepreneurship Policy Brief
Policy Brief PDF | 12 District Banks
These papers go into greater detail on the proposals presented by the authors during the Racism and the Economy: Focus on Entrepreneurship event.
Reimagining Supplier Diversity
Proposal PDF | Kelly Burton, PhD, Executive Director, Black Innovation Alliance
The “Right to Start” Can Expand Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Communities of Color and Beyond
Proposal PDF | Victor W. Hwang, Founder and CEO, Right to Start
Underserved Markets Capital Program Solutions
Proposal PDF | Monika Mantilla, President and CEO, Altura Capital, and Managing Partner, Small Business Community Capital
Making a Way Out of No Way: The History of Black Business in America
Proposal PDF | Robert E. Weems Jr., Willard W. Garvey Distinguished Professor of Business History, Wichita State University
Access to capital and credit
Becoming Owners: The Business Case for Customer-Centered Banking
Symposium Remarks PDF | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
COVID-19: Another strain for minority-, woman-, and veteran-owned firms
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Growing Pains: Examining Small Business Access to Affordable Credit in Low-Income Areas
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Mind the Gap: How Do Credit Market Experiences and Borrowing Patterns Differ for Minority-Owned Firms?
Discussion Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Mind the Gap: Minority-Owned Small Businesses’ Financing Experiences in 2018
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Partnership Connects Pittsburgh’s Small Businesses to Paycheck Protection Program Funds
Blog post | Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Paycheck Protection Program leaves some businesses in tribal areas behind
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Recent Trends in Small Business Lending and the Community Reinvestment Act
Article | Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Small Business Credit Survey Report on Firms Owned by People of Color
Report | Federal Reserve Banks
Small Business Hardships Highlight Relationship with Lenders in COVID-19 Era
Podcast | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Struggle for Access: Small lenders, small businesses, and the Paycheck Protection Program
Article Series | Fed Communities
Access to resources to start, sustain, and scale
Black Women Businesses Report
Special Publication PDF | Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
The Donut Kids of California: Cambodian-American Experiences of Small Business
Special Publication | Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Pink Box Stories
The Effect of Immigration on Business Dynamics and Employment
Working Paper | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Supporting the Recovery of Small Businesses of Color
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Bolstering small business ecosystems
Building Entrepreneurship Ecosystems in Communities of Color
Special Publication PDF | Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Despite recent gains, Minnesota’s entrepreneurs of color face persistent barriers
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
How Forward-Looking Investors Can Incentivize the Creation of Quality Jobs
Brief PDF | Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Indian Country small businesses face strong headwinds in COVID-19 recovery
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Reinventing the agricultural economy in Indian Country
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Shock, Grief and Opportunity: The Emotional Roller Coaster of COVID-19 in the Small Business Community
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Small Businesses of Color Recovery Guide: For City Leaders and Community Groups
Special Publication PDF | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Southeastern Small Businesses in the Face of COVID-19
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Women-Veteran Entrepreneurs Face Hardships Made Worse by Pandemic
Article | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
