Bank Ready: Understand Your Financials and Find Funding

When launching a new business or scaling an established company, the path to capital can feel like a maze of paperwork and “No’s.” Many business owners fail to secure funding not because their business is bad, but because they aren’t “Banker Ready.” Join the SBDC for a high-impact, 90-minute intensive designed to take the mystery out of the money. We bridge the gap between your Business Plan and your Bank Account. We won’t just talk about theory; we will help you build a tactical action plan to secure the funding your business needs.

What You Will Learn:

• The “Lender’s Lens”: Learn the high points of a Business Plan and SWOT analysis that banks care about.

• Decoding the Numbers: Understand what your P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow statements tell lenders about your “bankability” (even if you don’t have your numbers with you!).

• The Funding Buffet: Navigate the 2026 landscape of SBA 7(a), 504, and Microloans, Conventional Lending, Local Revolving Loan Funds, Grants, Crowdfunding.

• The “Banker’s Checklist”: Walk away with a checklist of documents you need to move from “Interested” to “Approved.”

This program is being offered in partnership with Missouri SBDC at Hannibal EDC.