Building Better Credit &
Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs
a Capital One Bank Straight Talk Series
Where
Palm Center, Technology Center5330 Griggs Road
(3rd right turn from Griggs after MLK)
Houston, TX 77021
Driving Directions
Contact:
Lalitha Raman
lalitha.raman@scorevolunteer.org
713-487-6565
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 towww.houston.score.org
SCORE and a bankers panel have partnered to provide a workshop designed to help small businesses not only survive but thrive in the current economy. You will have an opportunity to meet one-on-one with a SCORE certified mentor and representatives from banks and lenders to discuss your unique situation and network with other small businesses who are facing similar challenges.
Building Better Credit
Personal credit is an important key to achieving your personal and entrepreneurial goals. This workshop will provide an overview of concepts necessary to understand the correlation between personal and business credit. Participants will learn how to:
- Understand your credit report
- What is a credit score
- Establish positive credit history
- Obtain a FREE copy of your credit report
- Credit report updates and disputes
- Steer clear of credit repair scams
Personal credit is an important key to achieving your personal and entrepreneurial goals. This workshop will provide an overview of concepts necessary to understand the correlation between personal and business credit. Participants will learn how to
Presented by: Marina Perez, Chief Executive of Education and Development
Marina has over two decades of experience in the personal finance and the credit industry. Over the years, she has provided hundreds of presentations both in English and Spanish. Her extensive expertise ranges between basic budgeting and savings presentations to Identity theft/Scams workshops. Marina is a Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) certified counselor and received her Neighborworks certification related to prevention and foreclosure mediation and is recognized as a credit authority.
Access To Capital
Panel Discussion: A bankers’ panel will introduce the different services and programs available to small business owners and start-up entrepreneurs. They will answer questions and give business advice on how to avail such programs.
At the end of this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to meet SCORE certified mentors who are readily available to provide FREE and CONFIDENTIAL mentoring.