Funding Your Hospitality Business: Loans, Microloans, and Other Options

Do you need funding to start a business or expand an existing one? Are you looking for ways to finance equipment purchases or to renovate?

This seminar is designed to help you separate fact from fiction when it comes to business funding. We will cover specific loan, microloan, and other business financing opportunities with an eye toward the unique needs of restaurants, hotels, and other hospitality and tourism-based businesses.

The agenda for this workshop includes:

• Overcoming funding challenges and barriers
• Business loans and guarantee programs – including SBA loans
• Programs for women, minorities, and veterans
• Microloans

 Presenter: Nick Stevens, ASBTDC

 Presented in cooperation with the Arkansas Hospitality Association