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Business Success Seminars – Lunch & Learn

Business Success Seminars are held on Thursdays and provide information on topics that are useful to businesses looking to be successful in their growth and development.  All Seminars are held at TechPlace on the Brunswick Landing from 12pm-1:30pm.  Please feel free to bring your lunch to any of the seminars.  For planning purposes, please RSVP to Kristine Schuman at kristines@mrra.us 

3 Part Capital Series - Planning for Growth

Feb. 4^th            Borrowing Money – What Kind of Financing do you Need?

                        There is an adage in lending that “you must tie the term of the loan to the life of the assets being financed”.  Just what are the implications for a growing small business?  What type of financing is available to meet the myriad of needs to fund business growth?  What will it cost to borrow?  How long will you have to pay it back? 

Several lending and grant organizations such as SBA, FAME, MCEDD, DECD, and MTI  will have information displays and take away materials.  During the session, each organization will give a 5 minutes overview of the services and programs that they offer businesses.  There will be time for questions and answers as well as one-on-one time with organizational representatives. 

Feb. 18^th          The Truth About Investing and Investors

“I’ll get an investor?”  We hear this a lot when discussing funding business growth.  But what does it take to attract venture capital?  What do VC’s look for?  What do they want from the current owners?  What makes for a good venture offer?

The realities of pursuing and obtaining an outside equity investment as a source of growth capital will be covered by a panel of 3 of Maine’s widely known and recognized experts on the subject.

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