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Elizabeth Schott
Executive Director
Email:  eschott@accionsandiego.org

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Press Releases

• April 1, 2013- San Diego Small Businesses are Engines for Job Creation, Reports Accion's microTracker Small Business Lending Outcomes Study
• Jan. 15, 2013- Accion San Diego Ends 2012 with Record Breaking Production Numbers
• Nov. 19, 2012- Accion San Diego Wins Third Place at San Diego Social Venture Partners Advance! San Diego Fast-pitch Competition
• Nov. 13, 2012- Small Business Connections Tour Makes Tenth Stop in San Diego
• Oct. 19, 2012- Accion, NYSE and Yelp to Host Round Robin Training Event for San Diego Entrepreneurs
• Sept. 10, 2012- San Diego Small Businesses Get a Boost through Crowd Funded Microloans
• Aug. 28, 2012- Accion San Diego Receives $600,000 CDFI Fund Grant for Second Year in a Row
• May 17, 2012- Former Microfinance Client Gives Back to the Community
• April 30, 2012- Accion San Diego Welcomes New Board Member

• Mar. 21, 2012- The NYSE Big StartUpSM, a Nationwide Jobs Growth Initiative, Connects Startups and Entrepreneurs with Corporate America to Accelerate New Business, Funding and Success

• Mar. 20, 2012- Accion Unites Globally Around New Shared Identity

• Mar. 13, 2012- The San Diego Fourth Annual Microfinance Summit Set for April 4

• Jan. 25, 2012- ACCION San Diego Boasts Another Successful Year; Amount Disbursed and Funding Up Over 2010

• Press Release Archive (2011 and before)

Accion San Diego In The News

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• April 12, 2013- "Survey: San Diego businesses thriving with microloans" in UT San Diego
• Mar. 6, 2013- "Coordination among lenders helps small businesses get loans" in The Daily Transcript
• Jan. 28, 2013- "Accion San Diego Sets Record With Its 2012 Lending" in San Diego Business Journal
• Jan. 15, 2013- "Pitch as Swift as an Elevator Ride Crucial to Getting off the Ground" in UT San Diego mentioning Accion as contestant in fast pitch competition
• Jan. 3, 2013- "Staying Power: As economy tanked, three SD food businesses managed to say alive; what did they do right?" and "SD Eateries' Recipes for Success" in UT San Diego mentioning Accion and featuring Accion clients
• Nov. 21, 2012- "Local Non-Profits Awarded $40,000 in San Diego Fast Pitch Competition" in Scoop San Diego
• Nov. 12, 2012- "Internet Reshapes Small-Time Lending" in San Diego Business Journal
• Oct. 22, 2012- "Micro-Lending Partnership Opens Up a World of Opportunity" in San Diego Business Journal
• Sept. 13, 2012- "How to Get a Microloan From a Major Corporation" on The Street
• Aug. 7, 2012- "CAMEO Congratulates California CDFI Awardees That Fund Small Business" on Yahoo! News
• July 19, 2012- "Brewing Up A Business" in The Union Tribune
• July 17, 2012- "Samuel Adam's Brewing the American Dream" in The Herald
• June 18, 2012- "Do You Need a Microloan?" in The Union Tribune
• June 14, 2012- "Congratulations to the Two Small Business Winners of the CAMEO Face of Entrepreneurship Awards" in SF Gate. Accion client MIHO Gastrotruck annual microfinance award.
• March 26, 2012- "Small Businesses Thrive With Help of Small Loans" in San Diego Business Journal
• March 1, 2012- "Foundation for Women: Eliminating Global Poverty through Microcredit" in Giving Back Magazine. Mentioned as community partner.
• In the News Archive (2011 and before)

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