Capital Access: How to find loans and capital for your business
Date and time
Description
WHAT IS THE BEST SOURCE FOR CAPITAL TO LAUNCH YOUR BUSINESS OR ENTREPRENEURIAL ENDEAVOR? HOW CAN YOU GAIN ACCESS TO THE RIGHT SOURCES?
- How to prepare to meet with your banker?
- What type of capital do you need?
- What is crowd funding?
- What are the loan programs offered by the Small Business Administration and how to access those programs?
Speakers:
Gail Letts - Chief Lending Officer, Richmond Region President and Executive Vice President for C&F Bank
With over thirty-years of leadership and strategic planning experience in financial management, Ms. Letts was previously with SunTrust Bank. While with SunTrust, she held numerous positions from her past role as the Richmond Region President to Retail, Business Banking and Private Banking leadership roles in the Greater Washington market, Atlanta and Baltimore.
Jayne Armstrong - Richmond, VA District Director for the Small Business Administration
Ms. Armstrong has had a long and distinguished career with SBA. Since 1999 she has served as the district director of SBA's Delaware District Office. Jayne also served as district director of SBA's West Virginia District Office and regional advocate of the SBA's Office of Advocacy, where she coordinated public policy at the federal and state levels and organized the 1995 White House Conference on Small Business. In 1996, she represented the SBA in Russia during the first formal exchange between U.S. and Russian entrepreneurs.
The Importance of a Business Plan Training
The six week course will provide instruction on how to develop a business plan that will ensure your venture is sustainable and successful. Sarah Williams, Director of the Center for Women's Enterprise, will lead the sessions at theVGR office starting September 17, 2013 from 8:30 - 10:00 AM.
Classes are $75 for all six sessions.
