SEED WILL HOLD BUSINESS WORKSHOPS IN PROVIDENCE
RISBJ Staff | Oct 26, 2016
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The South Eastern Economic Development (SEED) Corporation and Rockland Trust Community Development Corporation will hold two basic business workshops in Providence aimed at assisting potential and existing entrepreneurs.
The free workshops are being held in cooperation with the U.S. Small Business
Administration, RI District (RI SBA), Rhode Island Small Business Development Center
(RISBDC), Rhode Island Commerce Corporation, Center for Women & Enterprise
(CWE), City of Providence/Economic Development, Veterans Business Outreach Center
(VBOC) and SCORE.
Both workshops will be held on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at the Center for Women &
Enterprise, 132 George M. Cohan Boulevard, 2nd Floor, Providence. The details of each
workshop are provided below:
Session I
“Learn the Fundamentals in Planning, Preparing, and Financing Your Business”,
9:00 a.m. to Noon. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Breakfast will be provided for all
participants.
This workshop is geared toward helping potential entrepreneurs evaluate and understand the
fundamentals of owning one’s own business. Information on how to get started, where and how
to get financing and the loan application process will be presented. Attendees will also be
provided with a free guide to writing a business plan and other materials.
Session II
“Understanding the Purpose of Financial Statements and How They Can Help Determine
the Health of Your Business”, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Lunch will be provided for all
participants.
The focus of this workshop is to help attendees understand a balance sheet, income statement,
and cash flow statement. The workshop also explains how a small business owner can anticipate
financial needs in order to operate his/her business more efficiently.
Please call SEED Corporation at 508-822-1020 x 318, to register for either or both sessions
by Wednesday, November 2nd and for directions to the Center for Women & Enterprise.
SEED Corporation holds this entrepreneurial workshop series on a monthly basis throughout the
region. For information on future sessions, please contact SEED.
SEED Corporation is a non-profit organization certified by the U.S. Small Business
Administration (SBA) and designated as an Intermediary under the SBA’s Microloan Program.
This program is designed to provide loans to new and existing business owners in amounts up to
$50,000.
As a regional economic development organization, SEED also offers a full range of financing
programs providing loans up to $5.5 million to assist small businesses to grow and create jobs in
Massachusetts and Rhode Island. SEED is also a Community Development Financial Institution
(CDFI) under the U.S. Department of the Treasury. SEED works with other economic
development and financing institutions throughout the region to ensure that individuals who are
committed to owning and operating a small business in the region are able to get the assistance
they need to be successful.
For more information on SEED and its programs, please call the SEED office at 508-822-1020
or visit SEED’s website at ![]()
www.seedcorp.com.
Independent Bank Corp. has approximately $7.2 billion in assets and is the holding company for
Rockland Trust Company, a full-service commercial bank headquartered in Massachusetts.
Rockland Trust offers a wide range of banking, investment, and insurance services to businesses
and individuals through retail branches, commercial lending offices, investment management
offices, and residential lending centers in Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island as well as
through telephone banking, mobile banking, and the Internet. Rockland Trust is an FDIC
member and an Equal Housing Lender. To learn why Rockland Trust is the bank “Where Each
Relationship Matters®,” please visit ![]()
www.rocklandtrust.com.
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