Small Businesses as the Fabric of this Country

In our bonus final episode this season we meet Elizabeth Gore, co-founder and President of Hello Alice, a fintech company that helps small businesses access capital and growth. Elizabeth shares her journey as an entrepreneur launching this company against all odds, and how she navigated barriers in building it. After 200+ rejections, she and her co-founder found the investors who believed in them, and since then have served 1.5M+ entrepreneurs! She focuses on serving women and people of color along with veterans, who receive the least amount of funding and support. The data shows that when they do receive funding, women outperform men. So Elizabeth is out to change the access gap. She shares that, while the entrepreneurship ecosystem buzz is largely around venture capital and unicorns, small businesses make up 90% of businesses in the U.S. and are the largest providers of jobs. Hello Alice is out to support these businesses through director service and advocacy. If you like this episode, check out Elizabeth's show "The Big Idea" on Yahoo! Finance.