Funding Your Woman-Owned Business: Loans, Grants, and Other Options

Event description

Do you need funding to start a business or expand your operations? Are you interested in how to get a business loan? Want to know the truth about small business grants? As a woman business owner, you have unique challenges and opportunities when it comes to funding.

This seminar is designed to help you separate fact from fiction when it comes to business funding. We will cover specific grant and loan programs and other financing options for both startup and existing businesses, including programs created specifically for woman-owned businesses.

Plus, you'll have the opportunity to learn about the Women's Economic Mobility Hub from the Women's Foundation of Arkansas, and the Arkansas Women's Business Fund from the Arkansas Asset Funders Network.

Topics:

• Business loan and guaranty programs - including SBA loans!
• Small business loans for woman-owned businesses
• Small business grants and other options
• CDFIs, microloans, and fintech solutions
• Business funding challenges and barriers

Speakers:

Wendy Orvis, ASBTDC Business Consultant

Maddie San Juan, Women's Foundation of Arkansas

Deborah Temple, Arkansas Women's Business Fund

Presented in cooperation with the Women's Foundation of Arkansas