Microfinance for Business Alert!

Skye Leist
July 13, 2011

Is microfinance your game? Will you be in the New York area on May 23-24? If so, this Microfinance Conference is made for you!

A number of key players in the microfinance field are sponsoring the event: Kiva, Accion and the Opportunity Fund. The topics range from credit and how it impacts the microfinance industry, where financing will come from, analysis of successful programs, and lots more.

This conference is not necessarily for those looking for microfinance, but for those who are part of the industry, or who want to be. Many financial institutions and community groups SHOULD attend this conference. Microfinance is the wave of the future, right up there with angel investors and SBA lending. Many thousands of businesses are starting up now that need little more than a gentle nudge in the right direction. The overwhelming majority of these companies won’t become the next General Electric, but put together, they WILL be a driving force in our economy.

There is another group that should be interested too: those entrepreneurs looking for a way to genuinely contribute to their communities. Microfinance needs leaders, people who are willing to step forward and gather community leaders, people who can assess needs and find solutions. If each community had such a microfinance group in place, do you have any idea how many thousands and thousands of entrepreneurs it would create? The thought is mind boggling.

The US was born and bred with innovation. Now is our time. Microfinance is our game. We have an unparalleled opportunity to really make a difference.

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