Investors, Resources, Team, Why I invest

How Can We Make Investing in Our Community a Great Investment? Flip the Traditional Finance Model on Its Head.

Posted by Tyana Smith
On July 22, 2019

The idea for Advance came from speaking with people who wanted to invest in their communities and the issues that they cared about but didn’t know how.

Advancing economic opportunity, Borrowers, Community engagement, News, Why I invest

Developing Community with Creative Capital

Posted by Tyana Smith
On July 18, 2019

How Advance borrower Kris Schlesser Uses Creative Capital to strengthen community When we first met Kris Schlesser, founder of LuckyBolt, he was six years into a quest to make the perfect breakfast burrito easily accessible to professionals on the go. He had been financing the business with high-interest credit cards and microloans. Though he had…