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8 Good Reads About Entrepreneurship for May and June 2025

Written by DreamSpring | May 1, 2025

 

  In mid-March, President Donald Trump deemed the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund “unnecessary.” Listen to how community lenders like DreamSpring are bracing for a possible future without it.

 

  Credit unions, banks, and nonprofits are alarmed by the executive order targeting Community Development Financial Institutions. 

  Have a minute? Use Opportunity Finance Network’s tools to protect the CDFI Fund from cuts in fiscal year 2026 and make your voice heard.

 

  Better Markets is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, and independent organization founded in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to promote public interest in the financial markets. Read its latest report on community banks.

 

  National Small Business Week 2025 is May 4-10, celebrating small entrepreneurs and their outsized contributions to the economy. 

  Yelp’s SHE-CONOMY Services Report illustrates how female entrepreneurs are dominating in-home services business growth

 

  The SBA's new Made in America Manufacturing Initiative says it will cut regulation, expand access to capital, and create dedicated infrastructure to support a blue-collar boom.