This full-day event includes hands-on information on preparing your financial and cash flow statements as well as tips for building long-term wealth through your business.

Co-Sponsors: Small Business Majority and National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)

Highlights of the Summit will include:

Keynote Speaker: Building a Successful Business

• Marcus Johnson - Musician, entrepreneur, professor, author, motivational speaker

Panel Session: Show me the Money: Sources and Types of Funding

• This panel will include banking experts from various for-profit and nonprofit institutions and small business owners in the District of Columbia to discuss the situational lending options available to small businesses and provide their insight and experience on how business owners can best prepare and be ready when seeking business financing.

Session 1: Financial Statements - Key Takeaways for Profitability

• This workshop will provide a fundamental understanding of income statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements, as well as, a discussion of relevant financial ratios and dashboards used to determine the fiscal health of a business.

Session 2: Cashflow - Managing $ for Success

• This workshop will provide participants with an understanding of industry best practices to calculate, track and monitor cashflow of the business and, identify triggers to take appropriate action.

Session 3: Lasting Wealth for Your Business

• This workshop will provide actionable steps business owners can take to manage the wealth created from their business, including executive compensation, tax management, & qualified plans.

Exhibitors will include agencies, lenders and professional service firms

Lunch: Will be included in the registration fee for the first 75 registrants who attend the Summit.

Parking: ParkMobile metered parking is available at select meters on campus along 6th Street or on Girard Street (opposite the football field) diagonal to the School of Business or on Georgia Avenue or side streets. All day parking is available for $10 (cash) at the HU Visitor’s lot opposite the Howard Bookstore on Georgia Avenue (entrance on 8th). The School of Business is also accessible via metro rail Shaw-Howard station in conjunction with the Howard University shuttles (schedule at www.howardshuttle.com). The shuttles drop off opposite the School of Business in front of Cramton Auditorium.

Please find the full schedule of events below: