ASPIRE’s Spring ’23 Community Business Academy cohort continues with guest lectures from amazing Donnetta Collier & Tanya Dial-Bethune, MS of the Self-Help Credit Union, as they share their expertise in financial services and lending.
The Community Business Academy (CBA) is a 12-week course offering business training for entrepreneurs like you and focuses on business fundamentals such as budgeting, marketing, finance, and more. Our robust curriculum provides participants with the business skills that are essential for success through the use of interactive simulation exercises and hands-on training. Classes are taught by experienced small business owners with a wealth of entrepreneurial insight and knowledge. CBA classes are offered twice per year – in the Spring and Fall. Sessions are 3 hours long and held once per week. Throughout the program, we provide business owners with a variety of tools and skills relevant to the world of small business ownership, and along the way we’ll bring in amazing community resources with impressive career experience and community engagement to back their expertise.
ABOUT SELF-HELP CREDIT UNION
Self-Help Federal Credit Union was chartered in 2008 to build a network of branches that partner with working families and communities that have historically faced systemic barriers to financial inclusion. With over $2.1 billion in assets and serving more than 103,000 members in 38 branches – 22 in California, nine in Illinois, five in Washington, and two in Wisconsin, Self-Help Federal is one of the fastest-growing community development-designated financial institutions in the country. It is part of the Self-Help family of nonprofit organizations whose collective mission is to create and protect ownership and economic opportunity for all. For more than 42 years, the national Center for Community Self-Help and its affiliates have provided over $10.5 billion in financing to help thousands of borrowers buy homes, start businesses, and strengthen community resources. Learn more on their website here.
The frequency of these programs (and the enthusiasm & determination of our participants!) allows for highly engaging environments at all of our programming, with great takeaways, networking opportunities, and Q&As that challenge and stimulate everyone involved. Interested in sharing your skills and expertise with our cohort of business leaders? Reach out to us here and we’d be delighted to connect!
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ABOUT ASPIRE:
ASPIRE Community Capital specializes in creating opportunities for self-sufficiency through financial independence, business development, and entrepreneurship training through our strategic wrap around business programs such as: Business Readiness, Community Business Academy, Business Accelerator Services and Access to Capital. Join us today as we CHANGE THE WORLD one business at a time.
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