To address these issues, the Microenterprise Collaborative of Inland Southern California was formed. Bank of America provided seed funding and in 2014, Project Manager Catherine Marshall, an expert in the field of microenterprise development and a specialist in coalition-building, was brought on board. Today, the Microenterprise Collaborative has grown to a network of 350 Partners. The Collaborative has provided a number of public education events, fostered collaboration, and built the capacity of service providers to meet the growing demand. All of this has resulted in an increase in the number of small business owners utilizing services and acquiring loan capital to grow their businesses.