Mid life job issues? Wish to be your own boss?
How to Start and Fund a Business
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About Us:
SCORE is an all-volunteer group with real-world business experience, dedicated to your success.
Our Mission: Help Small Businesses Succeed.
Our Mantra: We educate, counsel, mentor.
Founded in 1964, SCORE is a non-profit association and a Resource Partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
For more details, go to www.scorehouston.orgMore than just a meeting facility and events center, The KBC is also home to several community enterprises who partner with The KBC in providing services. They include:
For individuals over 50 and aspiring new entrepreneurs, SCORE Houston, in cooperation with Small Business Administration, lenders and financial planners, present a workshop on Starting and Funding a Business.
The participants will have the opportunity to network with fellow entrepreneurs and meet the lenders at the end of the workshop. SCORE certified mentors will be there to interact and plan future line of action
Resource Speakers:
1) SBA Programs and Services – presented by LaDonna Barbee
LaDonna was born and raised in Little Rock, AR and attended the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, majoring in Broadcast Journalism, with a minor in Psychology. After a career in Radio and Television, she decided to return to lending. She started her government career with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, working in Rural Housing and Rural Business-Cooperative Services. She later transferred to the U.S. Department of Defense in San Antonio, TX and worked with military soldiers (wounded warriors) as they transitioned into medical retirement. She again returned to lending by transferring to the U.S. Small Business Administration, where she will continue to help this agency gain exposure and spread SBAs mission.
2) Houston Federal Credit Union Programs and Services – presented by Russel Hughes
With more than twenty five years of banking experience, Mr. Hughes has had direct involvement with all management and administrative responsibilities of SBA lending, operations and personnel management. Most recently, he managed the SBA Departments of two Houston banks. He directed a staff of fourteen with functions of loan procurement, loan servicing and compliance. He is well recognized in the SBA market both in Texas and nationally having served as a member of the roundtable to the National Director in Washington, D.C.
3) DRDA CPAs & Business Consultants Programs and Services – presented by Susan Granger
Suzy will discuss how to use your 401(k) funds to start a business. Suzy works directly with entrepreneurs to assist them in funding for their businesses.
Fee: $25 online; $30 at event
Free for first 10 veterans who register online after December 6
Thanks to a grant from Capital One Bank