Is your business having difficulty staying on top of your finances?  Do you want to secure a loan but don’t know where to start? The Truist Small Business Financial Certificate Series is for you!!  This series will help you better understand the financials of your business, give you tools to better respond to financial difficulties, and give you insights into being a bankable business. Learn more about the upcoming series and hear from series presenters in this brief information session. Attend all five financial workshops, and receive a Certificate of Completion from FSBDC at FIU and Truist!

Small Business Finance 101 - 10/12/21

Accountants and lenders are often the key players in assisting you in growing your company through access to capital. Most business owners do not understand and speak the financial language that can assist them get the maximum amount from the lenders. You need to increase your financial acumen and understand the financial statements that will help you maximize and increase the opportunity to get the financial capital for your growth. Join us for our workshop, covering a basic review of financial concepts and statements and how you manage the business and secure more capital to position it for success.

Understanding Financial Statements - 10/19/21

Learn how to look at your business like a lender or accountant today! The workshop will provide business owners with the tools essential to understanding, analyzing, and interpreting financial statements. After taking this workshop, you will be able to use your businesses’ financial statements to make timely, educated decisions about the growth of the business.

Budgeting, Forecasting, & Projections - 11/2/21

How do you measure the financial success of your business? Are you planning for future growth? The workshop provides business owners with an understanding of how to: 1.  Plan the future growth of their business 2.  Be better prepared for revenue swings. After taking the workshop, business owners will be able to better manage growth via the company's finances.

Managing Your Cash Flow - 11/16/21

Are you profitable, yet struggle month-to-month in managing your cash flow? This one-day workshop will help business owners understand the difference between profitability and cash flow. Managing the timing of when money enters and exits a company is crucial to business survival and growth. After taking this workshop, business owners will be better able to control the availability of cash in their business.

How to Make Your Business Bankable - 11/30/21

Why do some businesses easily obtain loans while others don’t? The answer starts with you, the business owner. Learn how to make your business loan-worthy and receive key insights from a panel of loan officers. From the importance of the business owner’s personal credit to understanding how lenders evaluate your business, this workshop will put you on the right path to having a bankable business.