Buckhead Business Show – Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, Compassionate Capitalism and Local Community Publications

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Buckhead Business Show – Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs, Compassionate Capitalism and Local Community Publications

Maria Peck
New Role to Helm ACE’s Hispanic Initiative
Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Inc.

Maria Peck, previously the director of the ACE Women’s Center, will lead one of ACE’s biggest projects slated to begin this year. Peck will lead the nonprofit’s Hispanic initiative, starting in the Gwinnett area. “After three years of serving in the community as director of the ACE Women’s Business Center, I’m eager to have an impact on the local Hispanic community’s business growth by helping provide better access to capital,” says Peck. “I look forward to watching firsthand the tangible outcomes that can result from a business owner’s infusion of capital.”

Peck’s focus will be on providing access to commercial loans of $50,000 and greater and being visible in the Hispanic community by giving presentations and collaborating with other organizations. Peck started working at ACE as a microlender after working with ACCION USA (a national microlender), owning her own business, and gaining more than 15 years of sales and marketing experience in Atlanta and New York.

About Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs Inc. (ACE)
ACE is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and CDFI loan fund that provides loans and business consulting services to help borrowers throughout Metro Atlanta and North Georgia create and grow stable, sustainable businesses that generate jobs. Founded in 1999, ACE has loaned more than $39 million to about 725 entrepreneurs, which has created or saved more than 6,200 jobs in Georgia.

Topics to Discuss:
What does your new role as entail/what will you be doing?
Tell us about ACE’s Hispanic Initiative.
What communities/cities/counties will you be working with?
Tell us more about what types of loans ACE provides to entrepreneurs?

Also, upcoming events:
Set Your Financial Goals! For Business Owners

ACE Women’s Business Center, July 22 – 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.

Small Business Access to Capital
ACE Women’s Business Center, July 27 – 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.

Mega Accelerator
Cobb Galleria, July 29 – 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Web Site / Social Media Links:
www.AceLoans.org
https://www.facebook.com/Access-to-Capital-for-Entrepreneurs-62353856833/
https://twitter.com/aceloans

Karen Rands
Kugarand Capital Holdings, LLC

Karen Rands is a Venture Catalyst, a Compassionate Capitalist, Economist, Investor, and Entrepreneur. She is the Leader and Advocate for the Compassionate Capitalist Movement. She believes entrepreneurism is the greatest source for wealth creation. You don’t have to be a successful entrepreneur to create generational wealth if you can learn how to invest in those companies that have the potential to be the next big thing, according to Karen. With the recent deregulations, investors of all types have the opportunity to own a piece of an up & coming successful company before they go public or get acquired by a bigger company.
Karen has been described by some as a dominant force in the entrepreneur and investor markets with her blog, published articles, frequent speaking engagements, and her Compassionate Capitalist radio show. She has been a frequent speaker and mentor within numerous Small Business and Economic Development initiatives and was the recipient of the Advocate of the Year award in 2016 at the Flight to Freedom Summit in San Ramon, California, for her work to promote Compassionate Capitalism.
Karen left the corporate world over a decade ago, having been involved with many product launches, to pursue her passion for seeing innovation funded and to help the entrepreneur and investor community she served create thriving businesses. Karen immersed herself in the world of angel investing, first as the protégé to the founder of the Network of Business Angels

Topics to Discuss:
Compassionate Capitalism – creating a movement
Economic Impact of Angel Investing
Release of book Inside Secrets to Angel Investing
Why this training is critical to success of JOBS Act 2012

Web Site / Social Media Links:
http://karenrands.co

http://InsideSecretstoAngelInvesting.com

http://facebook.com/TheKarenRands

http://twitter.com/Karen_Rands

http://linkedin.com/in/karenrands

Taylor Higdon
Park Living Magazine

Topics to Discuss:

The power of microtargeting to a businesses exact demographic by supporting their local community publication.

The power of content branding and the opportunity to be the only business in their industry to be allowed to submit content for the duration of their sponsorship.

This sets a business up to be the go to expert in their industry and creates trust and loyalty.

Web Site / Social Media Links:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-aldridge-higdon-a491b846

www.DealPickleCreative.com

https://twitter.com/dpicklecreative


The Buckhead Business Show Spotlights Industry Leaders in Buckhead and Atlanta! Brought to you in part by The BBA and Broadcast LIVE from the Pro Business Channel Studios.

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Michael Moore, RainMaker & Chief Storyteller
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Rich Casanova, CoFounder
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