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Tag Archives: OFN

What are CDFIs?

Main Street Launch News, Oakland, San Francisco, Small Business News, Uncategorized, VeteransBy Katie TaylorOctober 24, 2018

Main Street Launch’s Intern – Impact Evaluation & Marketing Linda Ho offers information about CDFIs.  This article was originally posted on January 10, 2018.   WHAT IS CDFI? Community Development…

Advocacy for and with CDFIs

UncategorizedBy Katie TaylorJuly 12, 2018

Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are mission-driven financial institutions that serve communities and individuals who have not yet had access to traditional financial services, like bank loans.  Our organizations typically…

Finding your local CDFI

Small Business NewsBy Katie TaylorFebruary 22, 2018

Main Street Launch’s Intern – Impact Evaluation & Marketing Linda Ho offers information about how to locate your local CDFIs.   In our previous post: What are CDFIs?, we talked…

Introducing Venturize

Small Business NewsBy Joyce WindrossJune 9, 2016

This week Venturize launches, a campaign designed to help small business owners understand their financing options so they can make the best choice for their business.  Nationally, there are nearly…

Opportunity Finance Network and Brown Sugar Kitchen

Borrower News, Main Street Launch News, Oakland, Small Business NewsBy Joyce WindrossJune 1, 2016

We’re thrilled to share Opportunity Finance Network (OFN)’s post about Main Street Launch’s support of Brown Sugar Kitchen, a long-time client.   Brown Sugar Kitchen is a staple of West…

Celebrating 30 Years With OFN

Main Street Launch News, Small Business NewsBy Miguel GarciaOctober 23, 2014

Some OBDC staff members just returned the annual Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) conference in Denver, Colorado. OFN is a national membership organization that supports community development financial institutions like OBDC. This was an exciting year for the conference because it marked OFN’s 30th anniversary.

OBDC Loan Helps Make Bay Area Brand a Household Name

Borrower News, Main Street Launch News, Small Business NewsBy Miguel GarciaApril 7, 2014

Our partners at the Opportunity Finance Network wrote a great article about Gelateria Naia, an OBDC funded business.

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