For SoMoLend, this means providing the platform for small businesses to connect to financial institutions, accredited angel investors (i.e. wealthy individuals), friends, family, business associates, and even government funders.

FORBES: Are You Looking for a Small Business Loan in the Right Places?

Community financial institutions disproportionately loan to small businesses, providing a foundation for the creation of new enterprises, new jobs, new opportunities and, most important, strong economic growth and long-term stability.

FORBES: Too Big To Fail Banks Get Bigger, American Dream Turns Nightmare

The American Dream is being buried under the cumulative weight of regulations that are making it harder than ever for individuals to start and run the small businesses that provide jobs and impeding the ability of community financial institutions to support these businesses.

FORBES: Too Big To Fail Banks Get Bigger, American Dream Turns Nightmare