Empowering small businesses for a digital future
Small businesses are key to inclusive growth. Yet many are struggling to adapt to rapid digital transformation, particularly in the wake of the pandemic. Strive Community is equipping ten million small businesses with innovative digital solutions to enable them to build resilience and grow.
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Strive Women: Her Business, Her Financial Future
Supporting women entrepreneurs to grow their businesses, confidence, resilience, and control.
Michael Miebach
CEO, Mastercard
“When small businesses thrive our local communities and economies thrive, but when they struggle, the impact is widespread. What small business owners need right now is partners who listen to them and develop innovative solutions that help them grow in the wake of the pandemic. That’s what makes programs like Strive so critical today and tomorrow.”
From the Blog
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A new milestone for Strive Community: We’ve reached 5 million small businesses
June 27th marks Micro-, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises Day, a global day that recognizes the critical role that small businesses play in inclusive growth around the world.
Unlocking new markets and faster practices: How digital tools support small businesses to become…
Unlocking new markets and faster practices: How digital tools support small businesses to become more efficient and grow This post is part of a series on our findings from Mastercard Strives Small Business Digital Evidence Map.
How a wave of government programs are strengthening the U.S. entrepreneurial ecosystem
Fresh federal funding, particularly the $10 billion State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), is flowing into the small business sector. This presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to bolster the overall ecosystem supporting entrepreneurs as well as catalyze lasting change.
Harnessing immersive learning: Upskilling tractor owners to grow their businesses through VR
Harnessing immersive learning: Upskilling tractor owners to grow their businesses through virtual reality The following is a guest post written by Natalie Miller from XRGlobal, which builds virtual, augmented, and mixed-reality solutions that revolutionize learning and development in emerging markets.
Introducing CREDERE: A new solution using open data to improve the financial inclusion of small…
Introducing CREDERE: A new solution using open data to improve the financial inclusion of small businesses in public procurement markets This guest post is by Lindsey Marchessault and Oscar Hernandez from the Open Contracting Partnership, an organization supporting transformational public procurement reform in more than 60 countries around the world.
Fueling Small Business Growth in the United States: Meet the Mastercard Strive USA Innovation Fund…
Fueling Small Business Growth in the United States: Meet the Mastercard Strive USA Innovation Fund Winners This is the second article of two highlighting the winners of the Mastercard Strive Innovation Fund.
Mastercard Strive awards nearly $2 million in grants to 11 innovative organizations supporting…
Mastercard Strive awards nearly $2 million in grants to 11 innovative organizations supporting small businesses across the globe The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth announced the newest grant recipients of the Mastercard Strive Innovation Fund, with nearly $2 million in grants distributed globally.