Business Financing Options seminar to be hosted by ASU SBTDC and Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce March 20

March 08, 2012
Arkansas State University's Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) and the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce will co-host a workshop for small businesses in Mountain Home, Tuesday, March 20, from 1-4 p.m. at the Baxter County Library, 300 Library Hill Road.

Arkansas State University’s Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) and the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce will co-host a workshop for small businesses in Mountain Home, Tuesday, March 20, from 1-4 p.m. at the Baxter County Library, 300 Library Hill Road.

The seminar, “Business Financing Options: How to Find Capital to Start or Expand Your Business” will be conducted by Robert Bahn, business consultant at the ASU SBTDC. The seminar is designed to show attendees how to use a variety of options in finding financing for their venture.

“Getting the financing, you need is never an easy task for a small business,” said Herb Lawrence, ASU SBTDC director. “In today’s challenging economic times, it can be even more difficult. But funding can be found if the entrepreneur knows where to look.”

At the seminar the speaker will discuss sources of capital for small businesses, alternative and participating lenders, how to develop a funding request, information about the U.S. Small Business Administration’s guaranty loan programs, information on several new Small Business Administration programs, information about grants and more.

Registration is $35 per person ($25 for Mountain Home and Norfork Lake Chamber of Commerce members, $20 ASU-Mountain Home faculty, staff and students). For more information or to register for these seminars, contact the Arkansas State University Small Business and Technology Development Center at (870) 972-3517, e-mail asusbtdc@astate.edu, register online at http://asbtdc.ualr.edu/training/jonesboro.asp or “fan” the ASU SBTDC on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/asu.sbtdc.

These seminars are co-sponsored by Mountain Home Area Chamber of Commerce, Norfork Lake Chamber of Commerce, Baxter County Library, Arkansas State University-Mountain Home, First Community Bank, First National Banking Company and Liberty Bank of Arkansas.

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