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7 Good Reads About Entrepreneurship for September and October 2025

Written by DreamSpring | September 15, 2025

 

  A new U.S. Chamber of Commerce report finds that almost 60% of small businesses say they are using artificial intelligence for business operations. That’s more than double from 2023.

 

  U.S. small business optimism is up, but economic uncertainty continues to cloud the outlook.

 

  The U.S. Department of the Treasury has named Dietrich Douglas as the Acting Director of the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund.

 

  Read the National Disability Finance Coalition’s new report that explores how CDFIs can better serve people with disabilities — a growing and deeply underserved population across the United States. 

 

  Opportunity Finance Network’s 2023 – 2024 Impact Report captures two pivotal years of data across the community development finance industry and more than 475 member CDFIs. 

 

  CDFIs are uncertain about the extent of funding disruptions but are still planning on future growth, plus other findings from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s 2025 CDFI Survey.

 

 

Meet the Stanford researcher who’s examining the links between entrepreneurship, education, and government investment — and how they drive innovation and success.