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7 Good Reads About Entrepreneurship for July and August 2025

Written by DreamSpring | July 18, 2025

 

  DreamSpring is proud to be one of five Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) that contributed to multi-year research on credit trajectories of microloan recipients. Read the Urban Institute report. 

 

  A new America’s Small Business Network survey reports that most entrepreneurs are optimistic despite ongoing economic uncertainty.  

 

  Meanwhile, the most recent National Federation of Independent Business survey says uncertainty is dampening small business’ growth plans

 

  Crain’s New York reports that many small business owners overestimate their financial preparedness, especially when it comes to accessing capital.

 

  Verizon’s annual small business survey says entrepreneurs are most interested in tools for marketing, financing, and cybersecurity support.

 

  More than one-third of Gen Z and millennial business owners plan to buy out retiring founders — but many older entrepreneurs aren’t ready to hand over the keys, according to U.S. Bank.  

 

  Business owners in Los Angeles say recent immigration enforcement has hit harder than the COVID-19 lockdowns, with long-term repercussions to come. 

 

  The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis outlines how Native CDFIs are helping small businesses navigate economic shocks and build long-term wealth