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RALEIGH—Throughout February, Carolina Small Business Development Fund (CSBDF) will be bringing its Black Entrepreneurship Series to three...

ASHEVILLE— The Western Women’s Business Center (WWBC), a program of Carolina Small Business Development Fund (CSBDF), hosted a...

Evaluation of Lending Outcomes, Updated Annually FINDINGS SUMMARY CSBDF’s releases annual aggregate economic impact numbers for its...

When Elizabeth Garcia moved to Asheville, she was shocked by the lack of Latin American food options. And seeing an opportunity to fill a...

In 2015, Elia Nunez and her husband, Ramon Garcia, decided to turn an expertise in asphalt into their own small business. They invested...

Conference Paper in Collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,...

For DeAnna Allen, entrepreneurship is a lifelong passion. “It was something that I wanted to do as a little girl, I just didn’t know what...

If you look at Miguel Avila’s resume, you’d see it peppered with experiences in a broad range of industries—marketing, radio, tech,...

Collaboration with faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Published in Community Development Journal ABSTRACT...

The financial losses caused by COVID-19 are extraordinary in scope and have affected every facet of the small business ecosystem.

RALEIGH— Wells Fargo signed on to be Carolina Small Business Development Fund’s (CSBDF) Title Sponsor for fiscal year 2022. Carolina...

Comments to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (Docket ID OCC-2022-002), the Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System...

The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic will reverberate across North Carolina’s local economy for many years.

DURHAM— Small businesses that experienced hardship or disruptions due to COVID-19 are still eligible to apply for the Durham Small...

Definitions and Methodology for Employment Survey, Updated Annually POLICY SUMMARY Carolina Small Business’s programmatic interventions...

Research and Policy Program Standards, Updated Annually POLICY SUMMARY Carolina Small Business Development Fund seeks to contribute to...

Collaboration with faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Indiana University. Published in the Journal of...

Collaboration with faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Published in Community Development ABSTRACT For decades,...

CSBDF releases annual economic impact assessments of its lending activities. In this post, Vice President of Economic Development Policy...

In this post CSBDF’s Jason Sabatelle (Volunteer Senior Research Fellow), Adonis Caramintzos (Volunteer Research Fellow), and Emily...