Report Illuminates Wealth-Creation Gap Among Small Business Owners

A growing number of self-reliant Americans have started one-person businesses in recent years to make a living. But minority and women business owners who opt for self-employment aren't faring as well as they might be, when it comes to building the value of their businesses, according to a new report by the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED), a national nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. that is dedicated to expanding economic opportunity for low-income families and communities. The report, CFED's "Assets & Opportunity Scorecard," looks at a number of factors affecting the economic picture for low-income families.