Entrepreneurs Discuss the Benefits of Impact Investing at Emory University

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Emory Impact Investing Group (EIIG) hosted a panel attended by students, faculty, and Atlanta community members, at Emory University's Goizueta Business School. The event discussed the challenges and experiences of entrepreneurship, and how impact investing can facilitate the empowerment of small businesses in local communities.

EIIG offers microloans and financial consulting services to Atlanta entrepreneurs and is run by Emory undergraduate students.

EIIG aims to provide microloans to local entrepreneurs who lack access to capital in an effort to help close the micro-business gap by increasing the number of successful small businesses in high-poverty areas.

Also present at the event were representatives from Start:ME and CREATE, two Atlanta-based accelerators that EIIG works with to identify and assist promising entrepreneurs. Read the Entire Article

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