Financial Strategies for Your Small Business and Access to Capital

Learn how SBA’s loan programs can help finance your business growth.  Eligibility requirements, credit underwriting guidelines, and the application process will be covered.  Access Capital:  Alternative financing sources for start-up and growing business in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Small Business Conference
SF State Downtown Campus
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Session 2, 10:50am-12:20pm

• Steve Bangs, Lead Lender Relations Specialist, U.S. Small Business Administration,
  San Francisco District Office, U.S. Small Business Administration, 455 Market St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA  94105-2420, r.bangs@sba.gov
• Agnes Cheung, Business Development Officer, Working Solutions, www.tmcworkingsolutions.org, agnes@tmcworkingsolutions.org, 611 Front Street, San Francisco, CA 94111

Biographies:  Steve Bangs is the Lead Lender Relations Specialist with the San Francisco District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). In his present position he oversees SBA’s small business loan programs in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Northern California coastal counties. Steve works closely with the lending institutions that provide small business financing with SBA’s guarantee, and he also promotes SBA’s programs to the small business community. He has been with SBA for over 35 years.  Steve is a graduate of San Francisco State University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, with concentration in accounting.

Agnes Cheung joined Working Solutions in May 2009. She holds a Bachelor Degree in Managerial Economics from University of California, Davis. Prior to Working Solutions, Agnes worked in the automotive financing industry for 7 years and she has extensive knowledge in consumer / wholesale lending and credit analysis. In Working Solutions, Agnes is responsible for client outreach, loan underwriting, and on-going business coaching for Working Solutions’ client.

Sponsored by: Wells Fargo