Creating Flexible and Affordable Financing Opportunities for Businesses in Fort Worth
The City of Fort Worth was recently ranked as the nation’s ninth-best large city to start a business, ranking high for its overall business environment and access to resources. However, Fort Worth was noted as falling short in business costs – with unequal access to capital as a significant obstacle... Read more
Designing Small Business Supports to Strengthen Fort Worth’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Small businesses and entrepreneurs, who comprise the heart of the American economy, continue to face challenges arising from the pandemic – predominantly minority-owned small businesses and entrepreneurs of color. Small businesses owned by people of color already face systemic barriers to accessing financing and business resources and are more likely... Read more