CEV Breakfast: The Financing Landscape: Equity and Debt Options and Where You Fit Best

Are you in need of financing for your business but unsure of the best course to take? This workshop features a panel of representatives from various funding categories that will explain typical criteria a business needs to meet to qualify and how it works so that you, as a business owner, can understand where you may fit in the financing landscape and reasonable avenues to pursue.

Commercial bank lending: Jennifer Ostensen, Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
SBA loan guaranties: Mike O'Donnell Colorado Lending Source
Microlending: Mike Jensen, Colorado Enterprise Fund
Alternative financing: Jeff Barnett, Capital2Thrive and Jim Shehigian, P2Binvestor
The Equity Landscape: Paul Allen, Boulder SBDC Equity Specialist
SBIR/STTR Grant: Ed Kase, EKase Consulting

There will also be time for Q&A with the panelists.

This is the second Colorado Emerging Ventures Building for Growth Breakfast in 2017. These workshops are no cost to attend thanks to generous sponsorship from Guaranty Bank and Trust Company.


Colorado Emerging Ventures (CEV) programs are specifically developed to support businesses with high market potential and high growth goals - including bioscience, IT, aerospace, cleantech, advanced manufacturing, outdoor and natural products, and other key industries. Because of this particular topic, this workshop is open to all existing businesses and startups ready to open.  

 

Series Sponsor:

Please note that this workshop will take place at  Guaranty Bank and Trust
401 Main Street, Longmont CO, 80501


Producing Sponsors:  Boulder Small Business Development Center, Colorado Emerging Ventures

Marketing Sponsors:  Longmont Economic Development Partnership, Advance Longmont

The Colorado Small Business Development Center Network is partially funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA.) The support given by the SBA through such funding does not constitute an expressed or implied endorsement of any of the co-sponsors' or participants' opinions, products or services. The Colorado SBDC is a partnership between the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, the SBA, Colorado's institutions of higher education and local development organizations.

Fee: No Cost