Accessing Capital

Understanding your financing options is crucial for business growth and sustainability. This workshop will guide you through the various forms of financial capital available to small businesses and help you determine which options best suit your needs and stage of business.

You'll learn about different funding sources, from traditional loans to alternative financing, and understand the requirements and implications of each. Through practical exercises and group discussions, you'll evaluate funding options, learn what funders look for, and begin preparing the necessary documentation for your chosen funding path.

Agenda

4:00 - 4:30 PM PT - Introductions & Funding Overview

4:30 - 5:00 PM PT - Content Discussion: Funding Options & Requirements

5:00 - 5:45 PM PT - Interactive Activities & Group Discussions

5:45 - 6:00 PM PT - Reflection & Next Steps

About Your Event Host

Uptima Entrepreneur Cooperative is the nation's first cooperatively owned business support organization, providing holistic and culturally relevant education, advising, and community to support diverse entrepreneurs in creating thriving businesses. Uptima has supported over 1,000 diverse entrepreneurs in gaining education and advising to explore business ownership as a pathway for wealth creation.

About Your Event Sponsor

SCALE: Success, Capital Access and Leadership for Entrepreneurs was created by the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) to give California's diverse small business owners the tools and resources needed to access funding opportunities so their businesses can be successful. Uptima Entrepreneur Cooperative is participating as a SCALE Resource Partner. Through this initiative, we offer business education workshops on capital readiness topics and can connect you with a large network of partners who can provide all the resources needed to prepare a funding application.