Ask a Lender & a State Agency: COVID-19 Funding in Colorado

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About this event

Small businesses across Colorado are looking for ways to navigate often complicated loans and need immediate access to resources for their employees and their businesses during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Please join the Bell Policy Center, Good Business Colorado and Small Business Majority, as well as the Colorado LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce and Pueblo Latino Chamber of Commerce a free webinar, where Colorado Lending Source and the Colorado Minority Business Office will answer your questions about your funding options and new policies that could impact your business.

Topics of discussion include:

Paycheck Protection Program(PPP)
Considerations when applying concurrently for various loans and programs, such as the PPP, the Emergency Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL), Tax Credits, and Unemployment Insurance (UI)
The PPP loan and 1099 workers
Lenders working specifically with diverse communities and resources for business owners from communities of color
The PPP loan process and criteria of loan forgiveness
Q&A

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Small Business Majority

Small Business Majority is a national small business advocacy organization, founded and run by small business owners to ensure America's entrepreneurs are a key part of a thriving and inclusive economy.
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Tyler Jaeckel Director of Policy & Research @ Bell Policy Center
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Lindsey Vigoda Colorado Outreach Manager @ Small Business Majority
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Rosy Aburto McDonough Director @ Colorado Minority Business Office

Rosy Aburto McDonough has been a business consultant and mentor throughout her professional career. McDonough has extensive experience as an independent consultant for the Colorado SBDC office in the Disaster Recovery, Connect2DOT, and general financial consulting programs state-wide. She is also an affiliate faculty at Regis University Dual Language Program, where she teaches strategic management, business sustainability, and accounting. She is the former Associate Director of the Denver Metro SBDC and lead finance consultant and trainer in the areas of strategic management and operations, financial analysis and funding sources, personal and business credit, and business development. She facilitated Leading Edge Programs, financial literacy, QuickBooks, and principles of accounting courses for various SBDC’s throughout the state. Rosy achieved her bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science (Applied Mathematics) at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Her graduating dissertatio...
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Jordan Pryczynski Director of Membership @ Good Business Colorado
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Mike O’Donnell Executive Director @ Colorado Lending Source

Mike O’Donnell is fiercely passionate about the state of small business within our communities, and that he has a “Kansas” accent. What you may not know is that his influence is why we, Colorado Lending Source, are who we are today. Mike’s entrepreneurial and ‘gnomerific’ spirit has been in the SBA lending world since the mid 90’s. Under his leadership we have transformed from an average SBA lender to an incredibly diverse, mission-focused, economic development organization with a team of people intent on helping small businesses startup and grow up.
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Hunter Railey Colorado State Director @ Small Business Majority
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Karen Moldovan Director of Policy @ Good Business Colorado