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Karen G. Mills – Columns & Opeds

Puget Sound Business Journal – Dec. 3, 2024 Opinion: Seattle launches program to keep neighborhood businesses in place

Working Knowledge – Nov. 27, 2024 – Holiday Shopping 2024: The Year of Cheapflation, TikTok, and Economic Jitters

Financial News – Nov. 21, 2024 – Fintech is revolutionizing the small business sector, says Karen Mills, former Barack Obama Cabinet member

The FSB Podcast – Nov. 21, 2024 – Fintech, failure and small firms featuring Karen Mills (YouTube and SoundCloud)

HBS Working Knowledge – Nov. 5, 2024 – Building the Road to ‘Small Business Utopia’ with AI and Fintech

Time – Oct. 10, 2024 – What Kind of President Would Kamala Harris Be?

Yahoo Finance – Dec. 9, 2020 – Former SBA Administrator Karen Mills on her outlook for additional stimulus

Washington Business Journal – Dec. 2, 2020 – Small business groups unhappy with latest SBA PPP loan data dump

New York Daily News (opinion) – Nov. 27, 2020 – Make yourself a Black Friday promise

HBS Working Knowledge – Nov. 17, 2020 – How retailers can thrive in a shopping season like no other

ABC News – Nov. 10, 2020 – Restaurants unsure if they’ll last the winter with COVID-19 relief talks stalled

American Banker (opinion) – Nov. 2, 2020 – Bank Think: Now is not the time to freeze small business lending

Inc. – Nov. 2, 2020 – Inside the big changes coming to small business lending

Alignable – Oct. 31, 2020 – Exclusive survival tips from former SBA chief

The Harvard Gazette – Oct. 26, 2020 – AI: Great promise, but potential for peril

BBC – Oct. 23, 2020 – Coronavirus: How the world of work may change forever

Bloomberg – Sept. 23, 2020 – Biden launches small business push with Yang, Hickenlooper

Inc. – Sept. 16, 2020 – 3 smart moves to survive the pandemic

American Banker – Sept. 15, 2020 – CFPB data collection rule could exempt smallest small-business lenders

HBS Working Knowledge – Sept. 7, 2020 – How to help small businesses survive COVID’s next phase

Yahoo Finance (video) – Aug. 26, 2020 – ‘I’m afraid we’re going to lose 20-30% of our small businesses’: Fmr. SBA Administrator Karen Mills

CNBC – Aug. 17, 2020 – American Express acquiring small business lender Kabbage

Yahoo Finance (opinion) – Aug. 7, 2020 – What Congress got right with PPP, and what it should do next for small businesses

DeBanked – July 31, 2020 – In default or above water: How PPP saved or didn’t save America

Quartz – July 16, 2020 – The biggest U.S. banks have some bad news about the American economy

Quartz – July 16, 2020 – The Paycheck Protection Program was actually a big success argues an Obama-era official

ABC News – July 11, 2020 – As loans run out, small businesses face reckoning amid COVID-19 surge

Bloomberg (radio) – July 1, 2020 – 20-30 percent of small businesses will fail despite PPP: Mills

Barron’s – June 26, 2020 – Will I be able to reapply for an SBA loan if there’s another crisis?

HBS Managing the Future of Work (podcast) – May 11, 2020 – COVID-19 Dispatch: Karen Mills

Bloomberg – May 7, 2020 – Small business owners say PPP isn’t the solution they need

HBS MBA Voices Blog – April 23, 2020 – Fireside chat with Harvard faculty:  A COVID-19 Symposium

Orlando Business Journal – April 30, 2020 – Faster results: Local fintech firms jump into PPP process

Boston Herald – April 30, 2020 – Fearmongers want cure that’s worse than disease

Eurasia Review – April 29, 2020 – The fifth coronavirus relief package we need

Forest Park Review – April 28, 2020 – Intensive care for small businesses

Roll Call – April 23, 2020 – Rubio raises profile in pandemic, challenges GOP economics

Washington Business Journal – April 22, 2020 – Small business advocates fear many will be left out of new PPP funding

Politico – April 22, 2020 – Schumer’s Senate Democrats show sharper edge in coronavirus era

Business Insider – April 22, 2020 – How small businesses can get maximum forgiveness for PPP loans

NBC Nightly News – April 22, 2020 – Desperate for relief (begins at 13:00)

Seeking Alpha – April 22, 2020 – A hopeless bottom for stocks

Bloomberg Surveillance (Radio) – April 22, 2020 – What more can be done to help struggling small businesses (begins at 7:15)

LAist – April 21, 2020 – Kura Sushi will return its $6 million federal loan after outrage

Fundación Rafael de Pino – April 20, 2020 – Fintech, el salvavid de la pyme frenta al COVID-19

Forbes – April 20, 2020 – Why Democrats and Republicans missed the story of 50M Americans

Entrepreneur Blog (Univ of Pittsburgh) – April 17, 2020 – Q&A with former SBA Administrator Karen Mills

Atlanta Business Journal – April 17, 2020 – On the edge: Seven small business owners share how they are adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic

Roll Call – April 16, 2020 – Obama small business chief says Democrats should act now on loan funds

Bloomberg (Radio) – April 15, 2020 – Former SBA Head: Fintech is key to aid small businesses

Advisor Perspectives – April 15, 2020 – Millions of U.S. small businesses may never reopen

Finance Magnates – April 15, 2020 – Will fintech ‘save the day’ as USA struggles with corona stimulus

Bloomberg – April 14, 2020 – PayPal, Square start lending to small businesses hurt by virus

CNBC – April 14, 2020 – Seven ways small businesses can avoid bankruptcy amid the coronavirus outbreak

HBS Working Knowledge – April 13, 2020 – Small businesses are worse off than we thought

LinkedIn – April 13, 2020 – LinkedIn Live: Help for small businesses

CNN First Move with Julia Chatterley – April 13, 2020 – Helping small businesses survive COVID-19

Atlanta Business Journal – April 10, 2020 – Why Atlanta apartment landlords are faring better than others in many metro areas

Cheddar – April 10, 2020 – The SBA confronts the historic unemployment spurred by the coronavirus

Times of Entrepreneurship – April 9, 2020  – All hands on deck: Tech firms become lenders as federal aid to 26M tiny businesses falters

The Motley Fool – April 9, 2020 – 3 major coronavirus challenges for pay TV

Washington Business Journal – April 8, 2020 – The SBA is overwhelmed with demand. Is it up to the task of responding to the coronavirus?

The Charlotte Observer – April 8, 2020 – Wells Fargo small business clients miss out on billions in aid due to scandal punishment

Forbes – April 8, 2020 – The SBA can do this round, but we have to think bigger in the next round

Quartz – April 6, 2020 – America’s $350 billion emergency loan program for small businesses may run out of money

Global Finance – April 6, 2020 – Rollout for U.S. small business relief leaves fintechs hanging

NBC News – April 3, 2020 – Mnuchin praises first day of small business loan program — but applicants call it ‘confusion’ and ‘a scam’

Bloomberg – April 3, 2020 – The Small Business Administration Confronts an Historic Crisis

Forbes – April 3, 2020 – How to prevent the pandemic from taking a greater toll on women entrepreneurs

Government Executive – April 3, 2020 – SBA Experiences Chaotic Rollout to ‘Unprecedented’ Stimulus Program 

The Crimson – April 3, 2020 – Coronavirus Likely to Devastate Small Businesses, Harvard Business School Professors Say

MSNBC The 11th Hour – April 3, 2020 – Is the Trump Administration doing enough to deal with ‘unbelievably awful’ unemployment

Law360 – April 3, 2020 – Venture-backed firms could miss out on virus relief loans

Wall Street Journal – April 2, 2020 – The rush for $350 billion in small business loans starts Friday. Banks have questions.

Bloomberg – April 2, 2020 – Rescue Plan for U.S. Small Business Kicks Off Beset by Concerns

Forbes – April 2, 2020 – FinTechs Must Be Involved In Paycheck Protection Program Lending For Small Business

Nasdaq – April 1, 2020 – Facebook May Be Hit Harder Than You Think by COVID-19 

The Malaysian Insight – April 1, 2020 – SMEs and Covid-19 – a ticking time bomb

The Motley Fool – April 1, 2020 – Why REITs Aren’t Immune to the Market Crash

Yahoo Finance – March 27, 2020 – Coronavirus ‘good scenario’ could be 20% of small businesses fail

Yahoo Finance – March 27, 2020 – Former SBA Administrator on what passing of The CARES Act means for small businesses

KPCC/LAist – March 27, 2020 – How a federal stimulus could help LA’s small businesses during the pandemic

ABC News – March 26, 2020 – Small businesses face ‘nightmare’ cash crunch from coronavirus pandemics

Bloomberg Surveillance (Radio) – March 26, 2020 – Jobless claims and getting federal stimulus to small businesses quickly (starts at 23:35)

Bloomberg Surveillance (TV) – March 26, 2020 – Getting federal stimulus to small businesses quickly (starts at 1:20:11)

Quartz – March 25, 2020 – The US is preparing $2 trillion to stimulate its economy. Will it be enough?

CNBC – March 23, 2020 – Tech lenders push for a piece of the coronavirus, small-business bailout

MSNBC – March 23, 2020 – Democrats and Republicans at odds over details of coronavirus stimulus package

HBS Working Knowledge – March 20, 2020 – How small businesses can survive the coronavirus outbreak

MSNBC Live with Stephanie Ruhle – March 19, 2020 – Restaurant industry reeling from coronavirus

Quartz – March 19, 2020 – Why pausing the economy for coronavirus is so hard

NPR (audio) – March 18, 2020 – Small businesses to Washington: Please send money soon or we won’t survive

Marketwatch – March 17, 2020 – Small businesses could crumble in mere weeks as coronavirus pandemic exacts toll 

NPR – March 16, 2020 – America closed: Thousands of stores, resorts, theaters shut down

AltFi – March 3, 2020 – How N26, Revolut and Monzo are taking on the U.S. market

Quartz – Feb. 20, 2020 – Investors have doubts about the latest American fintech bank

CNBC – Jan. 9, 2020 – The open banking movement is inspiring consumers to ask who owns their banking data

AltFi – Jan. 3, 2020 – The year in quotes: 2019

AltFi – Jan. 2, 2020 – British invasion: The UK fintechs taking on the US

deBanked – Dec. 26, 2019 – Big money, small town: How SBA loans are powering America

Start (HBS podcast) – Dec. 22, 2019 – Karen Mills:  From entrepreneurial family to the Obama Administration and Harvard Business School

Forbes – Dec. 18, 2019 – The real story behind the PNC-Venmo clash

CNBC – Dec. 16, 2019 – PNC’s fight with Venmo highlights bigger issue over who owns your banking data

Guidevine – Dec. 16, 2019 – Fintech reading list

Bank AI – Dec. 10, 2019 – Winning the SMB deposit game:  How technology leads the charge

Small Business Trends – Nov. 25, 2019 – Former agency Administrator Karen Mills discusses SBA lending

Imperial College Business School Blog – Nov. 22, 2019 – How fintech could pave the way to small business utopia

HBS Working Knowledge – Nov. 19, 2019 – Gender Bias Complaints against Apple Card Signal a Dark Side to Fintech

American Banker – Nov. 1, 2019 – BankThink: Fintech will reshape how entrepreneurs seek loans

Finovate (podcast) – Oct. 22, 2019 – Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream

Lend Academy – Oct. 17, 2019 – A new small business tech ecosystem is emerging

BIGcast (podcast) – Oct. 15, 2019 – Artificial intelligence:  It’s getting real

BAI Banking Strategies – Oct. 4, 2019 – Competing for deposit growth

Atlanta Inno – Oct. 3, 2019 – How to market innovations to small, mid-sized businesses

Barefoot Innovations (podcast) – Sept. 17, 2019 – A bright future for small business

Quartz – Sept. 10, 2019 – Small business owners have no fear of a U.S. recession, according to one online lender

CNBC – Sept. 5, 2019 – Stripe, the world’s most valuable fintech company, is getting into lending

Quartz – Sept. 3, 2019 – The banking industry is being deconstructed, piece by piece

Boston Business Journal (book review) – Aug. 30, 2019 – Executive pursuits:  Bill Murray is everywhere you want to be

Quartz – Aug. 30, 2019 – JPMorgan’s smart failures

Bank Innovation – Aug. 27, 2019 – Challenger OneNorth launches with digital finance toolkit for small business

Managing the Future of Work (podcast) – Aug. 14, 2019 – Fintech on Main Street:  How small businesses are banking on new technology

Market Report Gazette – July 27, 2019 – Massive growth of alternative lending market by leading players

American Banker (podcast) – July 23, 2019 – The case for open banking

Yahoo Finance – July 19, 2019 – The most common mistake made by small business owners

Forbes – July 13, 2019 – Three fintech innovations that could end financial hurdles for small businesses

Bank Innovation – June 4, 2019 – TAB Bank turns to data analytics firm to improve SME loan process

Harvard Business Review – June 3, 2019 – How AI could help small businesses

Entrepreneur – May 27, 2019 – Can the market deliver the consolidated fintech tool small businesses need?

American Banker (podcast) – May 14, 2019 – Data privacy, AI, regulation: Small business lending is changing fast

C-SPAN Washington Journal – May 14, 2019 – Karen Mills on technology and the future of small business

LinkedIn Weekend Essay – May 10, 2019 – How fintech might level the playing field for small businesses

CNBC – April 29, 2019 – Sensing threat they can’t ignore, Wall Street banks instead partner with tech giants like Apple

Yahoo Finance – April 25, 2019 – SEC announces members of Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee

Bloomberg Surveillance (TV) April 22, 2019 – How fintech can push small businesses to the next level

CNBC Squawk Box – April 9, 2019 – How Amazon is both friend and foe to small business

Business Forward – April 8, 2019 – Former SBA head Karen Mills: I’m optimistic

AltFi – April 5, 2019 – Obama’s former cabinet member says US fintech lags UK and European rivals

Breaking Banks (podcast) – April 4, 2019 – Small things with big impact

Entrepreneur – April 4, 2019 – How can technology help small businesses? Think: ‘cash flow’

HBS Working Knowledge – April 3, 2019 – Fintech’s game-changing opportunities for small business

Yahoo Finance: The Final Round – April 2, 2019 – Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream author discusses book

Bloomberg Markets AM (radio) – April 2, 2019 – Small businesses will turn to fintech: Karen Mills

P&L (Bloomberg News podcast) – April 2, 2019 – Karen Mills on her new book ‘Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream’

CNBC – March 29, 2019 – Hard for voice of small business to be heard, says former SBA head

Bloomberg Radio: Baystate Business – March 26, 2019 – Mills on ‘Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream” (at 52:15)

HBS Working Knowledge – March 25, 2019 – The secret life of supply chains

Lend Academy (podcast) – March 8, 2019 – Karen Mills on her new book and small business lending ‘utopia’

American Banker – March 6, 2019 – From SBA chief to fintech backer

CNBC – Feb. 15, 2019 – Small banks you’ve never heard of are quietly enabling the tech takeover of the financial industry

American Banker – Jan. 30, 2019 – Small business banking is about to get a whole lot better

Wall Street Journal – Jan. 25, 2019 – Returning government workers likely to confront glitches

HBS Working Knowledge (Podcast) – Dec. 20, 2018 – Using fintech to disrupt Eastern Bank from within

CNBC – Dec. 17, 2018 – What fintech can learn from Robinhood’s ‘epic fail’ of launching checking accounts

CSPAN – Dec. 17, 2018 – Karen Mills on bolstering small businesses in the U.S.

CNBC – Nov. 23, 2018 – Fintech has changed the game in small business lending, says Karen Mills

CNBC – Nov. 16, 2018 – PayPal and Square quietly grow small business lending using data as their edge over banks

The Times-Record (Brunswick, ME) – Oct. 8, 2018 – Senator Angus King continues to be the champion Maine’s small businesses need

Inc. – Aug. 1, 2018 – Inside the emerging economy with millions of high-paying jobs

Crowdfund Insider – June 30, 2018 – Milken Institute launches fintech advisory committee

Bankless Times – June 28, 2018 – Milken Institute expands efforts to promote innovations in fintech

American Banker – June 12, 2018 – California may force online business lenders to disclose rates

McClatchy – June 8, 2018 – Even finance whizzes say it’s impossible to compare online small business loan options

McClatchy – June 7, 2018 – Their bakery faced a cash crisis. The solution nearly cost them their business.

MIT Technology Review (video) – June 5, 2018 – The workforce is suffering from a mismatch of supply and demand

MIT Technology Review – June 4, 2018 – We still don’t know much about the jobs the AI economy will make or take

AltFi – April 17, 2018 – Financial services firms expecting a hard Brexit, survey shows

Forbes – March 31, 2018 – New funding platform aims to ‘level the playing field’ for small business

Coastal Journal – March 27, 2018 – Sparking innovation in Brunswick public schools

InTouch Best in Manufacturing – March 18, 2018 – (No.4) The huge part of the U.S. supply chain economy no one is talking about

Wired – March 14, 2018 – Fundbox wants to be PayPal for small business

Harvard Business Review – March 9, 2018 – The supply chain economy and the future of good jobs in America

Drucker Institute “Monday” – March 5, 2018 – How to concentrate in a world of 24/7 distraction

The New York Times – Feb. 24, 2018 – Linda McMahon gets a ringside seat for Trumpmania

4 Traders – Feb. 22, 2018 – Digital lending: The $30 billion frontier

PYMNTS – Feb. 15, 2018 – Amazon taps BofA to reduce merchant lending risk 

Deutsche Bank (special report) – Jan. 23, 2018 – Why banks matter: David and Goliath struggle to serve small business

U.S. News & World Report – Jan. 11, 2018 – The road to success goes through Main Street

Bloomberg Markets (Bloomberg Radio) – Dec. 29, 2017 – Trump gets a “D” for bipartisan deal-making

PYMNTS – Dec. 19, 2017 – Amazon to consider capital investment in India alt lender

AltFi – Dec. 11, 2017 – UK positioned to win in fintech, despite Brexit uncertainty

BOSS Magazine – Dec. 1, 2017 – The fintech effect: Amazon, Google and the disruption of small business lending

The Hill – Nov. 28, 2017 – GOP tax plans ignore reality in creating good American jobs

American Banker – Nov. 15, 2017 – Five opportunities and challenges in digital lending

Android Headlines – Nov. 15, 2017 – Google, Amazon are both role models & threats: Deutsche Bank

American Banker – Nov. 6, 2017 – How banks can beat digital lenders at their own game

Yahoo Finance – Nov. 2, 2017 – Is the GOP tax plan a tough sell?

Milwaukee Business Journal – Nov. 1, 2017 – Former SBA director talks innovation, Foxconn at economic event

Crowdfund Insider – Oct. 31, 2017 – Karen Mills: Predictions for the future of small business lending

PYMNTS – Oct. 26, 2017 – Anticipation for Amazon’s SMB lending disruption grows

PYMNTS – Oct. 16, 2017 – Former Obama advisor eyes Google, Amazon for SMB lending

CNBC – Oct. 13, 2017 – Google and Amazon are ready to disrupt small business lending, former Obama advisor says

Investopedia – Oct. 13, 2017 – Google and Amazon could disrupt another industry

The Economist – Oct. 12, 2017 – Technology is revolutionising supply-chain finance

Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle – Oct. 11, 2017 – Economic Forum: Venture capitalist, former SBA Administrator to speak

Portland Press-Herald – Oct. 10, 2017 – FocusMaine starts executing master plan to bring more jobs to the state

Bloomberg Surveillance – Sept. 18, 2017 – The importance of rebuilding after Harvey and Irma

Let’s Talk Payments – Sept. 7, 2017 – Fintech lending: A Trojan Horse for small businesses?

KQED News – Sept. 6, 2017 – Fintech loans: Sometimes a costly lifeline for small business

American Banker – Sept. 5, 2017 – Podcast: Will fintech create a small-business loan utopia? 

Fintech News – Aug. 25, 2017 – 10 must-read fintech, regtech and blockchain research papers

Blue Vine – Aug. 23, 2017 – Why online business lending is poised for more growth

CNBC – July 27, 2017 – Is Amazon a good or bad thing for small business?

Baron’s – July 22, 2017 – How to deregulate Wall Street (Without causing a crash)

Forbes – July 21, 2017 – Don’t try to make your city the next Silicon Valley

Bangor Daily News – July 21, 2017 – Maine’s lagging economy needs new ideas that can be sold outside of Maine

Worcester Telegram – July 16, 2017 – Wall & Main: Can Worcester be an economic leader?

Bank Director – July 7, 2017 – Why your bank should be watching Amazon

The Hill – June 25, 2017 – Gutting this Dodd-Frank rule will hurt America’s small businesses

SmallBizDaily – June 19, 2017 – How fintech is fueling the future of startups

Inc. – May 31, 2017 – Everything you need to know to get a business loan right now

Bloomberg Surveillance (Bloomberg Radio) – May 22, 2017 – What small businesses want from Washington (begins at 43:50 & continues at 48:30)

Yahoo Finance – May 17, 2017 – A jobs bill Trump might actually pass

Bloomberg Markets (Bloomberg Radio) – May 15, 2017 – Harvard’s Mills: Need for bipartisan small business legislation

The Alternative Lending Report – May 4, 2017 – Can alternative data solve online lenders ‘algoracism’ problem?

Harvard Business Review – April 26, 2017 – How banks can compete against an army of fintech startups

The Epoch Times – April 13, 2017 – Loose regulations fuel the rise of loan sharks

The Hill – March 14, 2017 – How Washington can change Dodd-Frank to boost small businesses

Harvard Gazette – March 3, 2017 – Lectures that Last offers clear message

Marketplace – Feb. 14, 2017 – What lies ahead for the Small Business Administration?

American Banker – Jan. 29, 2017 – Fintech charter should be paired with beefed-up borrower protections

Bloomberg – Jan. 24, 2017 – Trump nominee McMahon vows to ‘revitalize’ entrepreneurship

New York Times – Jan. 19, 2017 – For Trump’s nominees, a billionaires’ guide to running the government

Harvard Gazette – Jan. 19, 2017 – How CEO Trump may change how government works

CNBC – Jan. 13, 2017 – 5 ways Trump can help small business owners

Forbes – Jan. 10, 2017 – SBA is a model for how to drive economic growth

CNBC – Jan. 5, 2017 – The problem of regulation is much harder to fix than Trump expects

Portland Press Herald – Dec. 29, 2016 – A luncheon to lift women leaders

Financial Times – Dec. 16, 2016 – Lessons of mortgage crisis go unheeded in small business lending market

The Hill – Dec. 15, 2016 – Trump must see that small business is the engine of America

Bloomberg Markets (Bloomberg Radio) – Dec. 14, 2016 – Karen Mills on what small business should expect from Trump

Fortune – Dec. 8, 2016 – How Linda McMahon will wrestle with the SBA

Forbes – Dec. 8, 2016 – Three ways SBA nominee Linda McMahon can boost small business

Crowdfund Insider – Dec. 6, 2016 – Karen Mills, Harvard: Regulate, but allow online lending market space to innovate

Yahoo Finance – Dec. 5, 2016 – How Trump can help Main Street businesses

Lend Academy – Dec. 5, 2016 – New comprehensive report on state of small business lending

Fortune – Dec. 2, 2016 – New evidence that small businesses are headed for trouble

American Banker – Dec. 1, 2016 – Critics predict more woes for subprime business lenders

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond “Econ Focus” – Dec. 1, 2016 – Tomorrow’s Lenders?

Fortune – Dec. 1, 2016 – Who will lead the SBA under Trump?

CNHI – Dec. 1, 2016 – Businesses pinched by lenders unsure if Trump will help

USA Today – Nov. 30, 2016 – ‘Fintech’ fast-cash loans are like ‘wild west’ for small businesses

Forbes – Nov. 30, 2016 – Why online lending needs more regulation

Inc. – Nov. 22, 2016 – Trump’s plan to repeal Dodd-Frank won’t help small businesses

Fortune – Nov. 3, 2016 – Government, fintech can fix cash woes for small businesses

Silicon Angle – Oct. 25, 2016 – Small business in the digital era: Balancing ‘easy cash’ and data governance

Silicon Angle – Oct. 25, 2016 – Survive and scale: How software frees up brain time for small business owners

Wall Street Journal – Oct. 24, 2016 – Online small business lenders display loan prices

Politico – Sept. 28, 2016 – Can Washington control high-tech lending?

Yahoo Finance – Sept. 24, 2016 – Revitalizing small business is key to drive America’s economic growth

NPR – Sept. 15, 2016 – LeBron James helps young entrepreneurs in ‘Cleveland Hustles’

Huffington Post – Sept. 14, 2016 – Building a disclosure box for the digital age

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond “Econ Focus” – Sept. 7, 2016 – Who wants to start a bank?

Forbes – Sept. 6, 2016 – New study: Women entrepreneurs ask for less financing than men, get smaller loans at higher rates

Wall Street Journal – Sept. 2, 2016 – Appreciating the big role of small businesses

Yahoo Finance – Aug. 31, 2016 – Hillary Clinton wants to be America’s small business president

Industry Week – Aug. 15, 2016 – Advanced industries: A new mental model for a new economy

El Paso Times – Aug. 6, 2016 – Conference helps all area small businesses

The Business Journals – July 28, 2016 – Can Democrats find a way to woo small business owners?

Harvard Gazette – July 6, 2016 – For small businesses, a good guide is a good start

Bloomberg – July 5, 2016 – AmEx challenges Square, OnDeck with online loan marketplace

Fortune – July 5, 2016 – This financial giant will challenge Square and OnDeck with small business loans

Bloomberg BNA – June 21, 2016 – CFPB turns attention to small business lending market

Taking Stock (Bloomberg Radio) – June 10, 2016 – Small business feeling cautious

Marketplace – May 6, 2016 – Does the April employment report show signs of a slowdown?

Crowdfund Insider – May 5, 2016 – Dear Jack Lew: Please do not dampen marketplace lending innovation

Asbury Park Press (USA Today Network) – April 28, 2016 – Is a loan with a 37 percent interest rate worth it?

Entrepreneur – March 30, 2016 – 5 small business financing trends to watch

Cascade (Federal Reserve) – March 22, 2016 – Online lenders disrupt small business lending

The Wall Street Journal – March 12, 2016 – The coffee-break loan: Business owners promised money in five minutes

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review – Jan. 23, 2016 – Small businesses increasingly seeking online lenders

BDN Maine – Jan. 19, 2016 – Group aims to add 10,000 Maine jobs from sales elsewhere

Portland Press Herald – Jan. 19, 2016 – More than 50 state leaders launch effort to give Maine economy a leg up

Fortune – Jan. 7, 2016 – What the Fed’s rate hike means for America’s small businesses

Sky News – Dec. 16, 2015 – Recovery not strong enough for sharp hikes: Former Obama official

Taking Stock (Bloomberg Radio) – Dec. 15, 2015 – Impact an interest rate hike by the Fed will have on the economy

Fortune – Dec. 13, 2015 – The truest measure of America’s progress

American Banker – Dec. 8, 2015 – Small-business owners project less need for credit: Wells Fargo

Small Business Trends – Dec. 6, 2015 – Big banks still lend small business less than a decade ago

The Wall Street Journal – Nov. 23, 2015 – Former SBA chief weighs in on the rapidly changing world of financing

The New York Times – Nov. 12, 2015 – Lawmakers ask for information about online lenders

Business Insider – Oct. 30, 2015 – Could this be the next ‘subprime mortgage crisis’

Portland Press-Herald – Oct. 22, 2015 – Harvard report: Maine food industry fragmented; clear plan would help

AP – Oct. 19, 2015 – Fast, easy loans come at a high price

Wall Street Journal – Oct. 5, 2015 – Marcus Jadotte, Karen Gorden Mills on trade opportunities

AP – Oct. 1, 2015 – Five tips before you take out a short-term small business loan

Politico Magazine – Sept. 23, 2015 – What Works: Growth and shared prosperity (panel)

C-SPAN – Sept. 21, 2015 – Income inequality and US competitiveness

Harvard Business Review – Sept. 21, 2015 – How companies can help rebuild America’s common resources

Politico – Sept. 20, 2015 – A real path to shared prosperity in America

Fortune – Sept. 17, 2015 – Being an entrepreneur: A right only for America’s well-connected?

Inc. – Sept. 10, 2015 – Business elite see income inequality as a threat to business

The Christian Science Monitor – Sept. 10, 2015 – Harvard MBAs say fighting wealth inequality is a top priority

NYC Today – Sept. 10, 2015 – Harvard Business School alumni concerned over income inequality

The Atlantic – Sept. 9, 2015 – Entrepreneurship: Increasingly, the province of the wealthy

Fortune – Sept. 9, 2015 – Even Harvard B-school alums are fretting over income inequality

The Wall Street Journal – Sept. 8, 2015 – Starting a business is easy (for Harvard Business grads)

The New York Times – Sept. 8, 2015 – Corporate efforts to address social problems have limits

The Washington Post – Sept. 8, 2015 – Harvard Business School alums say top US priority should be fighting inequality

OZY – Sept. 8, 2015 – Shadow banking in China comes into the sunlight

The Wall Street Journal – Sept. 3, 2015 – An online bank with a personal touch

Smart Company – Aug. 31, 2015 – Why Australia needs a small business borrower bill of rights

Crowdfund Insider – Aug. 6, 2015 – Marketplace lenders band together on small business borrower bill of rights

BuzzFeed – Aug. 6, 2015 – A bill of rights for online borrowers

Yahoo Finance – Aug. 6, 2015 – Peer-to-peer lenders get ahead of regulation with voluntary code

OZY – July 29, 2015 – An Uber-like revolution…in investing

New York Post – July 25, 2015 – Small businesses turning to online lenders

Small Business Trends – June 22, 2015 – Why you should consider online lenders to finance your business

NerdWallet – June 16, 2015 – There’s a shakeup in small business loans: Expert advice on finding your way

Inc. – June 1, 2015 – Business lending is up, but probably not for you

Harvard Business Review – May 27, 2015 – A playbook for making America more entrepreneurial

Forbes – May 19, 2015 – Small business lending: The world has changed

Politico – May 17, 2015 – Why the GOP can’t get no satisfaction

American Banker – May 15, 2015 – Regulatory road likely to get bumpier for alternative lenders

NerdWallet – May 13, 2015 – 6 reasons businesses are rejected from small business loans

Harvard Business Review – April 30, 2015 – The four types of small businesses, and why each matters

AP – April 29, 2015 – Recession not over yet for retailers, other small businesses

Fortune – April 28, 2015 – Why online lending will take off with small business owners

The Guardian – April 27, 2015 – David Cameron praised by Obama’s former head of small business

The Guardian – April 27, 2015 – (op-ed) UK Conservatives are on side of small business

The Wall Street Journal – April 24, 2015 – How to identify a bad investor

Huffington Post – April 23, 2015 – LendIt 2015 recap: Online lending innovation beyond just student loans

Business Insider – April 22, 2015 – Here’s why Funding Circle’s new $150 million round matters to more than 120 million American Workers

Inc. – April 16, 2015 – Why Larry Summers thinks alternative lending will save the world

Fortune – April 15, 2015 – Larry Summers’ full-throated endorsement of online lending

Entrepreneur – April 15, 2015 – Why small businesses are turning to online lenders

Inc. – April 13, 2015 – Former SBA chief: The post-recession future is bright for entrepreneurs

The New York Times – April 8, 2015 – Online lenders offer a faster lifeline for small business

The Business Journals – March 19, 2015 – SBA Administrators from both parties say trade deals will help small businesses

Wired – March 19, 2015 – Startup raises $40 million to keep small business’ cash flowing

Fortune – Feb. 3, 2015 – What’s missing in America’s immigration debate

Inc. – Jan. 14, 2015 – The American Dream is dying: How entrepreneurs can change that

The Wall Street Journal – Jan. 2, 2015 – Endangered species: Young US entrepreneurs

Fortune – Nov. 29, 2014 – How innovation, technology are giving small business an edge in 21st century

Fortune – Nov. 24, 2014 – How Washington can renew US manufacturing

The Bloomberg Advantage (Bloomberg Radio) – Nov. 14, 2014 – Year Ahead 2015: The Future of Jobs

TEDxDirigo – Nov. 9, 2014 – Restoring the American Dream

Fortune – Oct. 17, 2014 – Small, but fierce: How tiny firms can pack a big punch

Harvard Business Review – Sept. 16, 2014 – Use data to fix the small business lending gap

MSNBC Your Business – Sept. 7, 2014 – Why is small business lending still sluggish?

Harvard Business Review – Aug. 29, 2014 – What the Lending Club IPO means for business

Forbes – Aug. 28, 2014 – Government can do more to unfreeze small business credit

Inc. – Aug. 18, 2014 – Why Massachusetts’ plans for economic development could (and should) blaze a trail for other states

Forbes – Aug. 14, 2014 – Is the boom in small business finance real?

Fortune – Aug. 14, 2014 – How US states can get small businesses growing (again)

NewsMax – Aug. 13, 2014 – NFIB: Small business sector unable to ‘pull its weight’

Harvard Business Review – Aug. 11, 2014 – Can lending technology revive America’s small businesses?

NewsMax – Aug. 8, 2014 – Former SBA Chief Mills: Lending to small businesses still sluggish

The Washington Post – Aug. 6, 2014 – SBA’s former chief: Small business lending hasn’t recovered — and that’s a big problem

Forbes – Aug. 4, 2014 – Why small-business lending has not recovered

Businessweek – July 25, 2014 – Expensive small business lenders are unregulated. Should they be?

Forbes – July 23, 2014 – Is a gap in small-business credit holding back the American economy?

Inc. – July 22, 2014 – Former SBA chief raises alarm over a still tight credit market for small businesses

Fortune – July 15, 2014 – How to ignite the US economy (region-by-region)

Fortune – June 11, 2014 – Tech’s next disruption? Small business loans

Bloomberg TV “Market Makers” – June 6, 2014 – What role does government play in job creation?

Fortune – May 7, 2014 – Three ways to reignite US job creation

Forbes – April 9, 2014 – A playbook for small business job creation

Inc. – March 3, 2014 – Former SBA chief Karen Mills on how to jump start the economy now

Huffington Post – Feb. 28, 2014 – Investment in infrastructure will help small businesses drive economic growth

Huffington Post – Jan. 27, 2014 – Karen Mills, ex-Obama Cabinet member, warns UK lacks small business strategy

The Sunday Telegraph – Jan. 18, 2014 – Boost prosperity by listening to small business