Columbia Standard

Where: Columbia Empowerment Zone, 1509 Lady St., Columbia

This free, in-person course is geared toward business owners and is hosted by Richland County's Office of Small Business Opportunity (OSBO).

This course will evaluate the decisions that can affect the growth and expansion of your business and provide information to help you take a deep dive into your business’s financial reports. The session will also highlight tools to help understand the numbers from a lender or investor's perspective.

Topics include:

• analyzing cash flow statements
• analyzing balance sheets and income statements
• steps in the lending process
• banking ratios
• private development resources
• federally funded programs

Our speaker is Charlton L. "Chuck" Whipple, MSED, SCCED, MEDP. Whipple is executive director of the Enterprise Campus Authority and economic development director for Midlands Technical College.

Lunch will be served. Register for this event at knowyourfinancials.eventbrite.com.

For more info: Email OSBO at osbo@richlandcountysc.gov or call 803-576-1540.

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