2009 Webcast Series
Announcing the 2009 Self-Employment Webcast Series! (All begin at 2:00 pm ET)
Don't miss this opportunity to receive 6 self-employment presentations and earn CRCs. Scholarships are available for individuals with disabilities to participate at no charge. Please e-mail tcblanke@vcu.edu if you would like to request a scholarship.
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Online Seminar
The Process of Approving Small Business Loans
An interview with Teri Tosti
Teri Tosti is the Vice President of Commercial Lending-Sonabank. They are a full-service bank providing both personal and business banking services. Ms. Tosti is the vice president of
commercial lending. In this interview, she discusses the process of approving small business loans. Also included are Sonabank's Business Loan Application Guidelines.
Q & A Fact Sheet
Self-Employment Q & A: Cultivating Social Capital
Business owners are familiar with various "capital" concepts including natural resources, human, physical, financial, and cultural capital. Natural resources include clean air, water, and other environmental assets. Human capital is the knowledge, skills, and competencies that an individual brings to the business. Physical capital may be the buildings and machinery that are owned by the business. Financial capital includes start-up money, access to credit and cash. While cultural capital includes familiarity with a particular market and specific customer traits. Read the fact sheet
Jacquelyn Wilder
START-UP/Alaska Shares Jacquelyn Wilder's Story
Small Wonders Yorkie Kennels - Jacquelyn Wilder was raised in the Delta Junction area of Interior Alaska in a family that supported themselves by trapping and hunting. Although a very small woman, she can kill, field dress, and preserve a full moose, bear, deer, and any other animal, fish or bird that lives in Alaska, and has done so all her life. From childhood, she has been comfortable with this lifestyle.
Jacquelyn has a disability that sometimes limits her strength, but at 53 years old is still very physically fit and strong, from living the physically demanding subsistence lifestyle. She has a strong love of the Alaska wilderness and prefers to live independently in remote areas.
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Online Course
Start-up USA is pleased to offer a new online course, entitled Overview of Self-Employment for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities. The course will run from July 13 through August 17. Tuition is $60 per person. Read more information and register online today! Scholarships are available for individuals with disabilities to participate at no charge. To request a scholarship, please register online & choose Request Scholarship on payment options.
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Economic Stimulus and Self-Employment for People with Disabilities
How can people with disabilities interested in self-employment benefit from the resources available from the federal economic stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)?
The ARRA will result in federal spending of $797 billion over the next couple of years. While there are no funds specifically targeted to self-employment for people with disabilities, the bill does contain a multitude of possible options. These include funds from public vocational rehabilitation, increased micro-loan funding from the Small Business Administration, workforce development funding, and opportunities available via a wide range of infrastructure investments.
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