At Unmarked Streets, we believe that every man and woman has the ability to walk the road out of poverty. 
 We believe that every person can succeed if given the opportunity to prosper. 
 We believe in the dignity of humankind, to support themselves, and their families.  
 We don’t give a hand-out, we give people the tools to walk on their own two feet. 
 At Unmarked Streets, we are creating a sustainable avenue out of poverty.  

Our #1 goal is to teach people how to be micro-entrepreneurs. The explosion of microfinance, or microcredit, has been a game changer for development economics. It taught the world that “aid” doesn’t have to be a financial drain. It taught the world that people in poverty are hard-working enough, and smart enough, and creative enough to start their own businesses and lift themselves out of poverty.

The modern field of development doesn't have to be an "I give and you take" aid model.  It can be a tool so that those people with resources can connect with those people who have business ideas and can allocate capital into a successful enterprise.

Pretty much the same way that financial markets are supposed to work.

And just like a small business owner in the US has more options available to him then putting all their business expenses on a credit card, it is also true that the market for microfinance has matured to the point where it needs to grow into something that provides more solutions for entrepreneurs than just small loans.

This is why Unmarked Streets was created.

Our goal is to teach our sales team how to be entrepreneurs. We will provide basic business education on accounting, budgeting, sales, and leadership to provide the team with the foundation of how to run a small business. They will learn the basics of business in an environment in which the burden of risk is not placed on the entrepreneur, but on us as an organization. They will gain real world experience running their own micro-business. When they have completed their time at Unmarked Streets, they will have the experience to be able to run their own micro-business if they choose to. If they decide that self-employment isn’t for them after all, they will have experience in sales and record keeping and can find a job with someone else. But they will be able to learn the lessons that every small business owner has to learn (whether they are in Texas or Tunisia) in an environment where they can learn and make mistakes without the risk of defaulting on a loan.

We believe that entrepreneurship is the key to unlocking the potential of the “bottom billion” who are living in poverty in the developing world. The goal of Unmarked Streets is to give people the tools they need to thrive, and a safe environment to dip their toe in the water.