A BizNet Connect Special Event
Financing Your Business Conference
June 4, 2010
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
$20 Sessions Only
$30 Sessions and Lunch
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Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Economic Development
Presented by the Miller Business Innovation Center at Salt Lake Community College.
In Partnership with:
Have specific financial questions regarding your business? Join us to learn more about the many options available to business owners when it comes to financing your business. After the morning sessions, join our speakers for a box luncheon roundtable, where you get the chance to address your questions and receive valuable advice.
Sessions
Keynote Speaker
Spencer P. Eccles
A businessman and philanthropist, Eccles was named Executive Director of GOED in September 2009. He was formerly affiliated with the Salt Lake City office of Wells Capital Management (Wells Fargo Bank). He has most recently been involved with entrepreneurial technology companies. In addition to his venture-capital projects, Eccles' business interests include managing three ranching operations in Idaho and Wyoming and the Goldener Hirsch Inn in Deer Valley. Eccles managed the development of the Snowbasin Resort venue and oversaw the events held there during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.
Session 1
Finding the Right Funding for your Business - Kent Thomas, CEO, CFO Solutions
Finding the right financing or finding ANY financing for that matter is one of the most difficult aspects of starting and building a solid small business. Learn the difference between debt financing and investor funding and determine which is right for you.
Session 2
How to be Successful in Getting a Small Business Loan - John M. Holt, VP of Commercial Lending, Celtic Bank
Find out what it takes to produce a bankable loan proposal. Learn about the Five C’s of credit, and how a lender views these elements of a business credit application. Discover the importance of business plans and financials and how they fit into a lender’s credit decision-making process.
Session 3
Equity Funding 101 - Brock Blake, CEO, Funding Universe Angel Investing
What’s the difference between an investor, a venture capitalist and an “angel”? Learn more about how to value a business, terms and negotiating the deal.
Session 4
Understanding and Using Your Financial Statements in Management of Your Business - Shannon Beck, CEO, Professional Accounting Solutions
This session is designed to introduce financial statements to existing and potential business owners to increase understanding of the information that is generated from internal accounting software. Attendees will be introduced to the uses of the financial statements, basic principles, the types of statements, how they are interrelated and analyzing statements.
Session 5
Budgeting and Cash Flow Management - Doing More With Less - Danielle Lower, Director, Women's Business Institute
Profit is important – but the real key for most businesses is cash flow. Developing a cash flow forecast is an essential part of business planning, financial planning and loan applications. Learn about the factors that affect receipts and disbursements – how timing and seasonality affect cash flow and how good debt management affects cash flow.
Session 6
How to Get Your Share of Start-Up and Growth Capital - Panel of Local Business Experts
This panel is designed to help individuals find the capital they need to finance a new venture or grow an existing business. If lack of money is keeping you from building and growing the business of your dreams, you do not want to miss this information-packed discussion. Learn which loan programs are available for small business through banks, microenterprise lenders and others you may not know about.
Session 7
Company and Customer Financing - Winston Gillies, Director of Development, ModuleSix
Hold down costs and increase revenue by systematizing your finance process. Get from sales order to invoice quickly and efficiently by defining the way you do business. Create consistency and gain control through accountability. Close more business by providing your customer with additional payment options.
Session 8
Implementing Organizational and Cash Flow Changes - Jim Bennett, Founder and CEO, NOW Advisors
In the session you will learn how to get employee buy in to organizational changes, how to establish new benchmarks and how to prepare financial projections to guide and control your lean organization in the new economy.
Session 9
Tax Implication of Entity Selection for a Small Business Owner - Richard Tomlinson, CPA, Certified Tax Resolution Specialist
Choosing the appropriate form of entity in which to operate a business is complex decision. Learn more about the pros and cons of each type of entity and the impacts on your business and personal taxation.
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