{"id":303,"date":"2007-02-01T06:18:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-01T11:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/2007\/02\/01\/colorado-enterprise-fund\/"},"modified":"2007-02-01T06:18:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-01T11:18:00","slug":"colorado-enterprise-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/colorado-enterprise-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Enterprise Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thenaturalcapitalist.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/logo_money_celebrate_gr.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thenaturalcapitalist.typepad.com\/.shared\/image.html?\/photos\/uncategorized\/logo_money_celebrate_gr_1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"45\" alt=\"Logo_money_celebrate_gr_1\" src=\"http:\/\/thenaturalcapitalist.typepad.com\/the_natural_capitalist\/images\/logo_money_celebrate_gr_1.jpg\" width=\"280\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coloradoenterprisefund.org\/loan_program.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Colorado Enterprise Fund (CEF<\/span>)<\/a> is a non-profit community development financial institution founded in 1976 to help small businesses. They provide small business loans up to $150,000 to entrepreneurs who are unable to obtain financing from traditional sources.&nbsp; Though they are not a bank, they do utilize basic lending guidelines when reviewing a loan application. <\/p>\n<li><span>The loan range amount is from $1,000 to $150,000<\/span> <\/li>\n<li><span>Current interest rates range from 9% to 12% per year<\/span> <\/li>\n<li><span>Loans may be amortized up to 7 years or longer in some cases<\/span> <\/li>\n<li><span>Start up businesses are usually limited to loans of $25,000 and less<\/span> <\/li>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coloradoenterprisefund.org\/loan_program.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> for a loan application or for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Enterprise Fund (CEF) is a non-profit community development financial institution founded in 1976 to help small businesses. 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