Carolina Small Business Development Fund

A major achievement of our 2023-2024 fiscal year was the launch of Vivid Digital Classroom, a free online learning platform designed to provide high-quality technical assistance to entrepreneurs throughout the life span of their business. Offering courses in both English and Spanish, Vivid assists entrepreneurs with everything from business plans to disaster recovery. Visit vividclassroom.org to get started, and read more about Vivid and all our work in our 2023-2024 Annual Report: https://lnkd.in/eN8kM3YP

At Carolina Small Business Development Fund, we are not just a small business lender but a partner for entrepreneurs throughout their small business journey. Our Business Solutions team provides holistic, personalized technical assistance to entrepreneurs to help them have their best chance of success. Read more about our technical assistance, and much more, in our 2023-2024 Annual Report, Sparks of Innovation: https://lnkd.in/eN8kM3YP

Our 2023-2024 Annual Report, Sparks of Innovation, highlights the work we did as an organization in our 2023-2024 fiscal year. When small businesses find success, they benefit not only themselves but their communities as a whole. From providing employment to increased tax revenue generated, when small businesses succeed everyone truly benefits. Take a moment to read more about that impact and much more in our Annual Report: https://lnkd.in/eN8kM3YP

Have you had a chance to read Sparks of Innovation, our 2023-2024 Annual Report? In this report, we highlight the work we did as an organization to support and uplift small business owners in our 2023-2024 Fiscal Year. It is small business owners and entrepreneurs that are the sparks for innovation in our society, and at CSBDF we take pride in being an accessible funding resource, technical assistance provider, and small business policy advocate for these innovators. Take a minute to check out our 2023-2024 Annual Report and learn about the work we did and meet some of our amazing clients: https://ow.ly/Ap5q50Uue4Z

Carolina Small Business Development Fund will be closed beginning Monday, December 23 through Wednesday, January 1. We look forward to serving you when we return in the new year, and we hope you have a safe, restful, and merry holiday season!

We are excited to present our 2023-2024 Annual Report, Sparks of Innovation! In this report, we highlight the work we did as an organization to support and uplift small business owners in our 2023-2024 Fiscal Year. It is small business owners and entrepreneurs that are the sparks for innovation in our society, and at CSBDF we take pride in being an accessible funding resource, technical assistance provider, and small business policy advocate for these innovators. Take a minute to check out our 2023-2024 Annual Report and learn about the work we did and meet some of our amazing clients: https://ow.ly/Ap5q50Uue4Z

Carolina Small Business Development Fund was proud and privileged to have and hear from Commissioner Adams and the rest of the great panelists, We also enjoyed having Cumberland County Commission Chair Kirk deViere. We look forward to partnering with Cumberland County, NC to drive economic development in the County, particularly with regard to small business growth for business owners of color, and businesses owned by women, veterans and businesses in rural areas. Thanks so much to our friend Jay Reinstein for assisting with connections. Thanks also to Mayor Mitch Colvin, Robert Van Geons, David Sullivan and Ricardo Murphy for their participation.

This week we gathered our dedicated Board of Directors in Fayetteville for our annual Board Retreat. We strategized on ways to make CSBDF better, heard from local economic development leaders, visited a Fayetteville-based CSBDF client, and bonded as we focused on how to best serve NC's community of entrepreneurs. Thank you to Fayetteville Technical Community College for generously hosting our team, to all our speakers for sharing their insights, to Fayetteville-Cumberland Regional Entrepreneur & Business HUB for showing us their space, to The Makers Studio Fayetteville for welcoming us into your business, and to all our Board members for their participation and continued representation of CSBDF! Huntley Garriott Tiffany Hall McNeill, CEcD Bobby R. Larry Garcia Joseph Fox Jeff Marshall Pilar Rocha-Goldberg Stephen Dille Leslie Person Hedges, Brian Ray Chinn Lori O'Keefe Dr. Tonya R. Portis

Happy Giving Tuesday! At CSBDF, our mission is to foster economic development in underserved communities by providing capital, technical assistance, and policy research to light the way for small businesses. That work is made possible in part by the generous support of our partners, sponsors, and donors who share our vision of creating economic opportunity for all. Your donation could help make a small business owner's dreams come true. To give: https://lnkd.in/gxu8_cY

Happy Small Business Saturday! While we encourage you to shop small throughout the year, please take today to support the local small businesses who drive our community forward. Entrepreneurs are the backbone of our business ecosystem, and shopping small this holiday season is a great way to show support in your community. While you are shopping small today, don't forget to check out our WWBC Online Holiday Pop-Up Shop, featuring some wonderful WNC small businesses: https://ow.ly/AYaj50UgLIV