Community Development
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Resource Center
The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Resource Center is a clearinghouse of information on current trends within the small business and entrepreneurship sectors and the ways these sectors are supported and promoted by public, private and nonprofit organizations.
This resource center features insights from leading practitioners and researchers in the Eleventh District of the Federal Reserve System—Texas, northern Louisiana and southern New Mexico—and other parts of the System. It also highlights prominent events, publications, speeches, testimonies and reports of the Dallas Fed, Federal Reserve Board and Reserve Banks.
- Insights from the Field
- Events
- Publications
- Speeches, Testimonies and Reports
Insights from the Field
Perspectives from Leading Practitioners and Researchers
Podcasts
Reflecting on 2010, Looking at 2011
Perspectives from Small Business and Entrepreneurship Leaders Across the Eleventh District of the Federal Reserve System
Louisiana | |
Alexandria John Broussard Business and Cooperative Programs Director Rural Development U.S. Department of Agriculture |
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Texas | |
Austin Gary L. Lindner President and Chief Executive Officer PeopleFund |
Dallas Theresa Acosta Lee Vice President and Chief Lending Officer Texas Mezzanine Fund |
El Paso Terri Reed Project Director El Paso Minority Business Enterprise Center of the El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce |
Phillip C. Silva, District Director, and Adrian Madrigal Business Development Specialist El Paso District Office, U.S. Small Business Administration |
Houston Marlon Mitchell Executive Director Houston Business Development Inc. |
San Antonio Janie Barrera President and Chief Executive Officer ACCION Texas–Louisiana |
Insights from Leading Researchers in the Field: October 2010
- Magnus Lofstrom
Fact or Fallacy: Can Self Employment Improve Economic Opportunities for Low-Skilled Workers?
Podcast | Transcript
- Lisa Servon
Healthy Businesses, Healthy Communities: Identifying and Responding to Local Small Business Challenges
Podcast | Transcript
- Robert Fairlie
Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Minority Small Business Performance Disparities
Podcast | Transcript
Insights in Fourth Quarter 2009
Entrepreneurship in the Changing Economy: From Survival to Sustainability
Perspectives from National, State and Local Leaders
National and State | |
Robert E. Litan Vice President Research and Policy Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation |
Elaine Edgcomb Director FIELD Aspen Institute |
Penny K. Pickett Associate Administrator Entrepreneurial Development U. S. Small Business Administration |
Cathy Swain Assistant Vice Chancellor Commercial Development Office of Research and Technology Transfer The University of Texas System |
Dallas | |
Karl Zavitkovsky Director Economic Development, City of Dallas |
Cynthia L. Blankenship Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer Bank of the West |
Theresa Acosta Lee Chief Lending Officer and Vice President Texas Mezzanine Fund, Inc. |
Gary L. Lindner Chief Operating Officer ACCION Texas |
Houston | |
Richard A. Huebner President National Minority Supplier Development Council, Houston Affiliate |
Bridget Ross Loan Officer ACCION Texas |
Winston Labbé Vice President Amegy Bank |
Marlon D. Mitchell Executive Director Houston Business Development, Inc. |
Jacqueline Taylor Associate Region Director University of Houston Small Business Development Center Network |
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San Antonio | |
Blake Hastings Vice President in Charge Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, San Antonio Branch |
Annie Uribe Turner Vice President and Business Banking Manager Wells Fargo Bank |
Margo Weisz Executive Director PeopleFund |
Sandra Zayas Corporate Trainer/Loan Officer ACCION Texas |
Conferences, Workshops and Other Events
2011
- Border Economics, Development, and Entrepreneurship Symposium
December 1–2, 2011
UT–Pan American, Edinburg, Texas - Small Business—Big Opportunity: Finding Solutions to Small Business Challenges
November 30, 2011
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas - Small Business and Entrepreneurship During an Economic Recovery
November 9—10, 2011
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Small Business Association's Jobs Act Tour
March and April 2011
Nationwide
2010
- Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Recovery: A Focus on Job Creation and Economic Stabilization
October 26–27, 2010
Atlanta, Georgia - Addressing the Financing Needs of Small Businesses
A Capstone Forum Highlighting Findings from the Federal Reserve System Series
July 12, 2010
Washington, DC
2009
- Entrepreneurship in the Changing Economy: From Survival to Sustainability
October 14, 2009
Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, Texas
Publications
2011
- A New Way to Talk About Small Business: The Time Has Come for a Common Language
Penelope Douglas and Lauren Friedman Dixon
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Working Paper 2011-02
February 2011 - New Alternatives in Small Business Financing
Marketwise Community, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Vol. 2, Issue 1, 2011
2010
- The Community Reinvestment Act and Small Business Lending in Low- and Moderate-Income Neighborhoods During the Financial Crisis
Elizabeth Laderman and Carolina Reid
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Working Paper 2010-05
October 2010 - Addressing the Financing Needs of Small Businesses
Summary of Key Themes from the Federal Reserve System’s Small Business Meeting Series
July 2010 - Entrepreneurship in the Changing Economy: From Survival to Sustainability
Banking and Community Perspectives
Issue 1, 2010 - Disparities in Capital Access between Minority and Non-Minority-Owned Businesses:
The Troubling Reality of Capital Limitations Faced by MBEs
Robert W. Fairlie and Alicia M. Robb
U.S. Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency
January 2010
Other
- Access to Credit: A Guide for Lenders and Women Owners of Small Businesses
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago - The Credit Process: A Guide for Small Business Owners
Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Technical Assistance Resource Guide for Small Business Owners
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Speeches, Testimonies and Reports
2011
- The Other Side of the Credit Crisis: Small Business Lending in LMI Communities
Elizabeth Laderman and Carolina Reid
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
March 2011 - Changed Circumstances: The Impact of the Financial Crisis on the Economic Condition of Workers Near Retirement and of Business Owners
Governor Elizabeth A. Duke
Virginia Association of Economists Sandridge Lecture
Richmond, Virginia
March 24, 2011 - Community Banking in a Period of Recovery and Change
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
Independent Community Bankers of America National Convention
San Diego, California
March 23, 2011
2010
- Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
Washington, D.C.
July 21, 2010 - Restoring the Flow of Credit to Small Businesses
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
Federal Reserve Meeting Series: "Addressing the Financing Needs of Small Businesses"
Washington, D.C.
July 12, 2010 - Small Business Credit: Next Steps
Governor Elizabeth A. Duke
Federal Reserve Meeting Series: "Addressing the Financing Needs of Small Businesses"
Washington, D.C.
July 12, 2010 - Strengthening the Lending Environment for America's Small Businesses
Karen G. Mills, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration
Federal Reserve Meeting Series: "Addressing the Financing Needs of Small Businesses"
Washington, D.C.
July 12, 2010 - Fostering a Healthy Credit Environment
Governor Elizabeth A. Duke
Ohio Bankers Day
Columbus, Ohio
June 30, 2010 - Brief Remarks at the Meeting on Addressing the Financing Needs of Michigan's Small Businesses
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke
Detroit, Michigan
June 3, 2010 - Report to the Congress on the Use of Credit Cards by Small Businesses and the Credit Card Market for Small Businesses
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
May 2010 - Restoring Credit to Communities
Governor Elizabeth A. Duke
Fifty-third Annual Western Independent Bankers Conference
Scottsdale, Arizona
March 31, 2010 - Small Business Lending
Governor Elizabeth A. Duke
Before the Committee on Financial Services and Committee on Small Business, U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
February 26, 2010