Built For The Outcome You’re Already Measuring

Economic mobility is the scoreboard. We built the infrastructure that gets entrepreneurs there, all five parts of it, not just the capital.

Communities of all sizes need thriving small business ecosystems. But the entrepreneurs powering those economies, especially the most underinvested, rarely fit the formula traditional finance was built around, credit, collateral, network, pedigree, who you know before you ever walk in the door. That’s not a capability gap. It’s an infrastructure gap.

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As decision-makers, our

challenges are the same:

Across America, underinvested entrepreneurs are driving new business creation, yet many operate informally, held back by a formula that was never built for them. Reduced access to capital, thinner business stability, a shrinking local tax base, these are the core metrics community leaders are expected to improve. Without infrastructure built to replace what the formula assumes is already there, these founders face the highest closure rates, directly undermining business retention, job creation, and equitable growth goals.

That’s why ESO exists

If You’re Measuring Us On Economic Mobility, That’s The Right Scoreboard

We’re an entrepreneurial infrastructure company and community fund manager.

Most organizations chasing economic mobility only fix one piece of what it takes, capital. We build the infrastructure to replace all five inputs of the formula that locks entrepreneurs out, not just the capital one, confidence, competence, culture, capital, community. That’s the difference between funding a business and making someone fundable.

We Want To Partner With You!

We partner with organizations like yours to build the same infrastructure for your stakeholders that we build for entrepreneurs, applied at your scale. Confidence, competence, culture, capital, community.

Economic mobility is what happens once all five are in place, not before.

Expanding inclusive economic growth through entrepreneurial infrastructure, capital access, and business development.
Helping immigrants build businesses, achieve economic mobility, and successfully integrate into thriving communities.
Empowering veterans to transform military leadership into business ownership, community reintegration, and lasting economic mobility.
Creating pathways to second chances through entrepreneurship, community reintegration, self-sufficiency, and economic mobility.
Preparing young people to become entrepreneurs, innovators, and leaders who shape stronger communities and brighter futures.
Empowering women through entrepreneurship to build wealth, strengthen families, and achieve lasting economic mobility.
Expanding career pathways through entrepreneurship, business ownership, and long-term economic mobility.
Helping chambers become recognized leaders in business innovation and economic mobility through measurable entrepreneurial outcomes.
Transforming education into entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic mobility for students and surrounding communities.
Developing investment-ready entrepreneurs while creating measurable community impact and CRA outcomes.
Building a stronger pipeline of capital-ready entrepreneurs for mission-driven lenders and community investors.