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 five million small businesses with innovative digital solutions to enable them to build resilience and grow.

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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.

Michael Miebach

CEO, Mastercard

From our blog

How Vested Impact enables data-driven impact assessments for micro- and small businesses

This guest post is co-authored by Kim Abbott, CEO and founder of Vested Impact, and Rosie Afia-Ford at Caribou Digital.
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Building bridges for small businesses: Highlights from the inaugural Strive USA Summit in New York

New technologies and historic opportunity but also an urgent need to come together and collaborate at a greater scale to prevent millions of small businesses from failing.
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Deploying Internet-of-Things dispensers in informal retail: What have we learned?

The following guest post is by Zahid Mitha from Novek, a company that builds Internet of Things technology for dispensers and vending machines for micro-retailers.
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Developing data-driven learning journeys for micro- and small entrepreneurs in Brazil

The following guest post is by Flourish Fi, an organization whose mission is to empower all people to build positive money habits and achieve financial security.
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Developing data-driven learning journeys for micro- and small entrepreneurs in Brazil

The following guest post is by Flourish Fi, an organization whose mission is to empower all people to build positive money habits and achieve financial security.
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Shared challenges, unique contexts: Mastercard Strive USA launches event series focused on local…

Shared challenges, unique contexts: Mastercard Strive USA launches event series focused on local small business ecosystems Entrepreneurs need more than a good idea to launch and grow a new business.
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