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How Today’s Female Entrepreneurs Are Making a Difference for the Next Generation of Business Owners
November 19th is Women’s Entrepreneurship Day. Marina Linhart, CEO of Next Street, a mission-driven advisory firm focused on small business and Wendy Cai-Lee, Founder and CEO of Piermont Bank, a newly chartered commercial bank, [...]
Sam Berg Joins Next Street as Partner in New York Office
Next Street is pleased to announce Samantha Berg as the new Partner in our New York office. She joins our leadership team and brings experience as a marketing and commercial banking executive from a [...]
5 Ways Fintechs Can Responsibly Grow Their Small Business Portfolios
When Way Zen walked in the door of our Small Business Solution Center in Lower Manhattan, she was looking for ways to expand Jsong, her design and wholesale textiles company. She didn’t know where to [...]
CDFIs: The Next Alternative Financial Institutions
For more than 40 years, CDFIs have led the charge in how impact dollars reach the people and places that need it most. Many within the CDFI industry will tell you that they are the [...]
CDFI Leaders Thinking Ahead and Acting Now – Reflections
This year Next Street has worked extensively with CDFI leaders to discuss the state of the industry and where it is heading. At the start of the year, I interviewed eight leaders from some of the [...]
CDFI Leaders Thinking Ahead and Acting Now: Frank Altman, CRF
Frank Altman Chief Executive Officer, Community Reinvestment Fund, USA This interview is part of Next Up: CDFI Leaders Thinking Ahead and Acting Now, an 8-part series exploring the Community Development Financial Institution industry. Tim Ferguson: There is [...]